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Looking beyond project outputs in climate mitigation evaluation
Kelly Hewitt
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Kelly Hewitt delivered the following message for the Climate Change M&E Panel of the Evaluation Conclave 2013 in Kathmandu, Nepal:
In India, Renewable Energy Certificates are missing the target
Gireesh Shrimali
Monterey Institute of International Studies
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Gireesh Shrimali, an Assistant Professor of Energy Economics and Business at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS), summarizes in this blog an assessment of India's renewable portfolio standard strategy.
Maximizing synergies: Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
Vijaya Vadivelu
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Vijayalakshmi Vadivelu of the Evaluation Office at UNDP outlines the conclusions of the recently published Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to Disaster Prevention and Recovery.
The Challenge of Defining and Measuring Success in Private Sector Adaptation Projects: Insights from the IFC
Alan Mlier
Vladimir Stenek
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The IFC is unique among international financial institutions in that it only finances private sector projects. IFC has implemented climate change projects for more than two decades but until recently only tracked and counted investments in mitigation, primarily energy efficiency and renewable en
Call for ideas: How to integrate Natural Resource Management as a new focus area on Climate-Eval?
Sophie Edwards
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As those of you who have been members of Climate-Eval since its inception will know, the Community of Practice was developed to promote collaboration and knowledge sharing around issues related to climate change and development evaluations.
Dealing with multiple objectives' poverty reduction and climate challenges in Finnish development co-operation
Mikael Hilden
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Prof.
UNDP evaluates its work on the poverty-environment nexus
Juha I. Uitto
GEF Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO)
Director
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Juha Uitto, Deputy Director of the Evaluation Office at UNDP, outlines the conclusions of the recently published Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to Environmental Management for Poverty Reduction.
Observing climate for Climate Change and Development: what kind of data, how long, and why?
Luisa Cristini
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In this blog, Dr.
New threats to progress: the ADB evaluates its work on disaster prevention and recovery
Vinod Thomas
Independent
Director General
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Dr. Vinod Thomas, director general for Independent Evaluation at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), shares insights from the ADB's recent evaluation of its work responding to natural disasters, both prevention and recovery, linked to Climate Change.
Follow-up to Webinar on Guidelines for Climate Change Mitigation Evaluation
Christine Wörlen
Arepo Consult Germany
Senior Evaluation Consultant
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Christine Woerlen outlines the content of her recent webinar and answers some of the questions raised in more detail.