Watch the opening session of the 2nd International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development. The plenary was inaugurated by Juha I. Uitto (Global Environmental Facility Independent Evaluation Office) together with Monika Egger Kissling (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) and Chizuru Aoki (Representative of CEO of Global Environmental Facility). The opening session was followed by a key note speech by Andrew Steer (World Resource Institute).

Under the umbrella of the Climate-Eval Community of Practice, the conference brought evaluation professionals, academics, policymakers and other stakeholders from developed and developing countries together with the purpose of fostering the exchange of ideas and methods to evaluate climate change and sustainable development.

Follow Andrew Steers keynote speech and learn about the challenges and responsibilities of climate change evaluators. The president of the World Resource Institute gives an overview about the economics of climate change and the “New Ball Game” evaluators have to face.

Under the umbrella of the Climate-Eval Community of Practice, the conference brought evaluation professionals, academics, policymakers and other stakeholders from developed and developing countries together with the purpose of fostering the exchange of ideas and methods to evaluate climate change and sustainable development.

In this plenary session Cheryl Gray, Inter America Development Bank (IADB) and Rob D. van den Berg, International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) discuss the findings and challenges of the Fifth Overall Performance Study of the GEF.

Under the umbrella of the Climate-Eval Community of Practice, the conference brought evaluation professionals, academics, policymakers and other stakeholders from developed and developing countries together with the purpose of fostering the exchange of ideas and methods to evaluate climate change and sustainable development.

Caroline Heider (Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group) moderated a session on lessons learned from evaluating climate finance. Ken Chomitz (Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group) gave the key note address, while Rob D. van den Berg (International Development Evaluation Association), Mark Wagner (ICF International) and Dorte Verner (Inter-American Development Bank) were discussants.

Under the umbrella of the Climate-Eval Community of Practice, the conference brought evaluation professionals, academics, policymakers and other stakeholders from developed and developing countries together with the purpose of fostering the exchange of ideas and methods to evaluate climate change and sustainable development.

Juha I. Uitto (Director of Global Environmental Facility Independent Evaluation Office), Naoko Ishii (CEO of Global Environmental Facility) and Uma Lele (Senior Evaluation Officer) present and discuss the results of the conference. Follow here the presentation and learn from the lessons learned of the 2nd International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development.

Under the umbrella of the Climate-Eval Community of Practice, the conference brought evaluation professionals, academics, policymakers and other stakeholders from developed and developing countries together with the purpose of fostering the exchange of ideas and methods to evaluate climate change and sustainable development.