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.