Lessons from Impact Evaluations of Climate Change Interventions

The LORTA programme of the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) GCF provides capacity-building activities in programme theory, evaluation questions, outcome indicators, data collection tools, etc. for the project teams that implement climate change adaptation and mitigation projects. The lessons from these activities can serve as a ground for discussion with the broader audience on how to provide capacity-building where capacity is low, and what we know about the effectiveness and efficiency of climate change interventions. The session will be designed as a roundtable discussion with a panel of speakers steering the conversation as well as addressing questions and comments from the audience. The panel members, representing the impact evaluation teams from Mexico, Georgia and Rwanda, will share their insights and lessons learned in the context of their on-going work with their respective GCF projects to generate a great discussion on the benefits and challenges of embedding impact evaluations within GCF projects. Participants will have an opportunity to learn and share their experiences and reflections in impact evaluations of climate change interventions in developing countries.

Purpose
- To inform the audience of the IEU LORTA programme’s key findings and take-aways relating to the impact evaluations of climate change interventions in developing countries.
- To engage other climate finance experts, evaluators, and practitioners, and share learnings across organizations and evaluators.
- To exchange ideas with and hear from the panel members on how some of the impact evaluation methods and practices from the IEU’s LORTA programme are useful and relevant to their work and to the broader climate change/climate finance community.