Transformational Change for People and the Planet: Evaluating Environment and Development

Foreword

Preface

1.   Introduction - Juha I. Uitto

Section I: Transformational Change - Geeta Batra (section editor and brief introduction)

2.       Evaluation Between the Scylla and Charybdis of Climate and Economics - Rob D. van den Berg

3.       Evaluation for Transformational Change: Managing Many Ideologies and Levers to Advance Change - Indran A. Naidoo

4.       Evaluating Scaling Up and Transformational Change - Jeneen R. Garcia, Kseniya Temnenko, & Geeta Batra

Section II: Drivers of Sustainability - Neeraj Negi (section editor and brief introduction)

5.       Determinants of Sustainability in GEF-funded Projects - Neeraj Negi & Molly Watts Sohn

6.       From the Big Picture to Detailed Observation: The Case of GEF IEO Strategic Country Cluster Evaluations - Carlo Carugi & Anna Viggh

7.       Sustainability of Interventions in the Small Island Developing States: Findings from a Strategic Country Cluster Evaluation of GEF Projects - Geeta Batra, Dennis Bours, & Trond Norheim

8.       Assessing Sustainable Development - Ellen Fitzpatrick, Ileana Resendez, & Suriya Ansari

9.       Can we assume sustained impact? Verifying the Sustainability of Climate Change Mitigation Results - Jindra Cekan & Susan Legro

Section III: Evaluating Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation - Anna Viggh (section editor and brief introduction)

10.    Using a Realist Framework to Overcome Evaluation Challenges in the Uncertain Landscape of Carbon Finance - Callum Murdoch, Lisa Keppler, Tillem Burlace, & Christine Wörlen

11.    Energy Efficient Cook Stoves in Micro- and Small-scale Traditional Agri-food Processing Industries in Chad - Serge Eric Yakeu

12.    Enabling Systems Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation: Exploring the Role for MEL - Robbie Gregorowski & Dennis Bours

13.    Assessing the Evaluability of Adaptation-focused Interventions: Lessons from the Adaptation Fund - Ronnie MacPherson, Amy Jersild, Dennis Bours & Caroline Holo

Section IV: Evaluation Approaches - Carlo Carugi (section editor and brief introduction)

14.    Evaluating Sustainability and the SDGs: Moving Past Dominion and Institutional Capture - Andy Rowe

15.    Importance and Utilization of Theory-based Evaluations in the Context of Sustainable Development - Takaaki Miyaguchi

16.    Evaluating SDGs: The Finnish Approach and Experience - Mari Räkköläinen & Anu Saxén

17.    Evaluating for Resilient and Sustainable Livelihoods: Applying a Normative Framework to Emerging Realities - Prashanth Kotturi

18.    Evaluating Forest Monitoring for Impact - Katherine Shea

19.    Application of Geospatial Methods for Assessing Environmental Interventions and Their Multiple Co-benefits - Anupam Anand & Geeta Batra