COP 17 side event - Adaptation in practice: Evaluating innovative approaches

Previous date: 30 Nov 2011

Evaluations provide lessons learned from the first generation of adaptation interventions, from the development of National Adaptation Plans for Action (NAPA) to innovative approaches to specific adaptation problems. This event will present these lessons from the portfolios of the GEF, the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). The lessons have already been incorporated in results-based frameworks and monitoring.

On-going work in these funds, the World Bank and the Adaptation Fund will also be discussed, as well as the support that the GEF Evaluation Office offers to the international development community to share ideas and experiences on evaluation of adaptation activities.

Themes

• Evaluating Adaptation under the GEF Umbrella
Rob D. van den Berg, Director, GEF Evaluation Office
- Evaluative findings from Adaptation Funding in the GEF: Lessons Learned from the LDCF, SCCF and SPA
- Devising an Evaluation Framework and Guidelines for Evaluating Adaptation under the Adaptation Fund

• Evaluation at the Interface of Adaptation and Development
Ken Chomitz, Senior Advisor, World Bank Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)
- A discussion of GEF-executed World Bank Projects and the role of climate change adaptation in standard development projects.

• Innovative Ways of Monitoring Adaptation
Bonizella Biagini, head Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Operations, GEF Secretariat, LDCF/SCCF
- Adaptation in Practice
- Monitoring Adaptation Projects and Programs using the SCCF Adaptation Monitoring and Assessment Tool (AMAT)