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Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Uitto, Juha I.
Other Authors: Puri, Jyotsna., van den Berg, Rob D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • List of Acronyms
  • Chapter 1: Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development: Introduction
  • 1.1 Critical Role of Evaluation
  • 1.2 Book Structure
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Action on Climate Change: What Does It Mean and Where Does It Lead To?
  • 2.1 Introducing the Micro-Macro Paradox: Success at the Micro-level Does Not Lead to Success at the Macro-level?
  • 2.2 The Micro-Macro Paradox: Successful Climate Action But No Global Impact?
  • 2.3 From Early Results to the Slow Materialization of Impact
  • 2.4 Surviving the Negative Effects of Climate Change
  • 2.5 Three Priority Areas for Transformative Action
  • 2.6 Civil Society Action Supported Through Small Grants
  • 2.7 Introducing New Technologies Through the Private Sector
  • 2.8 Gender, Equity and Inclusiveness
  • 2.9 When Will We Achieve Systems Change?
  • 2.10 Recommendations for Future Evaluations
  • References
  • Part I: Policy
  • Chapter 3: Mainstreaming Impact Evidence in Climate Change and Sustainable Development
  • 3.1 Re-instating an Older Impact Tradition?
  • 3.2 Demand for Impact Evidence
  • 3.3 Theories of Change for Climate Change Mitigation
  • 3.4 Key Questions Related to Time, Space and Scale
  • 3.5 Using Time and Space to Identify Approaches
  • 3.6 Using Time and Scale to Identify Approaches
  • 3.7 Using Space and Scale to Identify Approaches
  • 3.8 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Pathway to Impact: Supporting and Evaluating Enabling Environments for Research for Development
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • Box 4.1: Key Messages
  • 4.2 Background
  • Box 4.2: Challenge Program on Water and Food
  • 4.3 Approach
  • Box 4.3: About the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
  • 4.4 Getting to the Right Mix
  • 4.5 Findings and Analysis.
  • 4.5.1 Moving Away from a Logframe
  • 4.6 Testing the Waters with Theory of Change and Results-Based Management in CCAFS
  • Box 4.4: Why Learning
  • 4.7 Trialing Results-Based Management in CCAFS
  • 4.8 Building Capacity and Learning Within the Program for Theory of Change Approach
  • 4.9 CCAFS ́Results-Based Management Trial: Insights from Researchers and Partners
  • 4.10 Rolling Out Results-Based Management for CCAFS as a Whole
  • 4.11 Implementing a Modular MEL System for CCAFS
  • 4.12 Implications for Policy, Practice and Research
  • 4.13 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Lessons from Taking Stock of 12 Years of Swiss International Cooperation on Climate Change
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Purpose
  • 5.3 Methodology
  • Theory of Change for the Area of Intervention `Enabling Framework ́
  • 5.4 Results
  • 5.5 Challenges and Lessons Learnt
  • 5.5.1 In General
  • 5.5.2 For Evaluators
  • 5.5.3 For Practitioners/Program Managers
  • 5.5.4 For Policy Makers
  • 5.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 6: An Analytical Framework for Evaluating a Diverse Climate Change Portfolio
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Scope of the Evaluation
  • 6.3 Challenges to the Evaluation
  • 6.4 Analytical Framework of the Evaluation
  • 6.5 Data Sources
  • 6.6 Evaluation Process
  • 6.7 Lessons Learned on the Evaluation Approach
  • Chapter 7: Enhancing the Joint Crediting Mechanism MRV to Contribute to Sustainable Development
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 The JCM Overview
  • 7.3 Approach in Evaluating the JCM MRV
  • 7.4 Enhancing the JCM Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Framework
  • 7.4.1 Governance
  • 7.4.2 MRV Methodology and System
  • 7.4.3 Processing Time
  • 7.4.4 Project Development and Capacity Building
  • Case Study: PT Semen Indonesia Tuban
  • 7.4.5 Sustainable Development Evaluation Framework
  • 7.5 Recommendations
  • Part II: Climate Change Mitigation.
  • Chapter 8: Using Mixed Methods to Assess Trade-Offs Between Agricultural Decisions and Deforestation
  • 8.1 Background
  • 8.2 Reserved Forests in Thailand
  • 8.2.1 Land Titles and Property Rights
  • Box 8.1: Chronology of Important Events for Forest-Related Legislation in Thailand
  • 8.3 Study Area and Data Set and Study Area
  • 8.4 Characteristics of Data and Hypothesized Effects
  • 8.5 Results
  • 8.6 Discussion of Main Results
  • 8.6.1 Effect of Population
  • 8.6.2 Effect of Travel Costs
  • 8.6.3 Property Rights
  • 8.7 Overall Discussion
  • References
  • Chapter 9: Methodological Approach of the GEF IEOś Climate Change Mitigation Impact Evaluation: Assessing Progress in Market ...
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Utility as a Guiding Factor to Define What Needs to Be Evaluated
  • 9.3 Defining the Scope of the Evaluation
  • 9.4 Assessing Impacts of GEF Support
  • 9.5 Understanding the System Targeted by the Intervention
  • 9.6 Measurement of Emission Reduction Benefits
  • 9.7 Assessing Market Change
  • 9.8 Establishing Causality and Accounting for Alternative Hypothesis
  • 9.9 Assessing What Would Have Happened If GEF Support Had Not Taken Place
  • 9.10 The Critical Role of Indicators in Impact Evaluation
  • 9.11 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 10: Integrating Avoided Emissions in Climate Change Evaluation Policies for LDC: The Case of Passive Solar Houses in A...
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Approach
  • 10.2.1 Sampling and Data Collection
  • 10.2.2 Data Analysis
  • 10.2.3 Fuel Consumption and Temperature Data Treatment
  • 10.2.4 Greenhouse Gas Calculation
  • 10.3 Results
  • 10.3.1 Energy Efficiency
  • 10.3.1.1 Heating Degrees Day Required to Be at 18C (Outside Temperature)
  • 10.3.1.2 Energy Savings
  • 10.3.1.3 Indoor Temperature
  • 10.3.2 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Avoided Emissions.
  • 10.4 Implication for Policy Makers and Development Practitioners
  • Chapter 11: Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Renewable Energy in Rural Central America
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 Approach
  • 11.3 Methodology
  • 11.4 Analysis
  • 11.4.1 Meeting the Triple Objectives
  • 11.5 Renewable Energy and Climate Adaptation
  • 11.6 Renewable Energy and Climate Mitigation
  • 11.7 Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development
  • 11.8 Cross Cutting Factors
  • 11.9 Conditions, Circumstances and Considerations
  • 11.9.1 Implications for Policy, Practice and/or Research
  • References
  • Chapter 12: Unpacking the Black Box of Technology Distribution, Development Potential and Carbon Markets Benefits
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 Literature Review
  • 12.2.1 Conceptualizing Local Economic Development Impacts for Carbon Finance Projects
  • 12.2.2 Measuring Sustainable Development in Carbon Interventions
  • 12.3 Field Methods
  • 12.4 Case Study Attributes
  • 12.4.1 Cookstove Case
  • 12.4.2 Water Filter Case
  • 12.4.3 Biodigester Case
  • 12.5 Discussion
  • References
  • Part III: Climate Change Adaptation
  • Chapter 13: What Do Evaluations Tell Us About Climate Change Adaptation? Meta-analysis with a Realist Approach
  • 13.1 Introduction
  • 13.2 Approach and Study Material
  • 13.3 Realist Approach
  • 13.4 Meta-analysis Conducted
  • 13.5 Mechanism-Outcome Sequences
  • 13.5.1 Relevance M-O Sequences
  • 13.5.2 Efficiency M-O Sequences
  • 13.5.3 Effectiveness M-O Sequences
  • 13.5.4 Sustainability M-O Sequences
  • 13.6 Contextual Conditions
  • 13.6.1 Context for Relevance
  • 13.6.2 Context for Efficiency
  • 13.6.3 Context for Effectiveness
  • 13.6.4 Context for Sustainability
  • 13.7 Methodological Implications
  • 13.8 Conclusion
  • References.
  • Chapter 14: Adaptation Processes in Agriculture and Food Security: Insights from Evaluating Behavioral Changes in West Africa
  • 14.1 Introduction
  • Box 14.1: Adaptation, Adaptive Capacity and Food Security
  • 14.2 Approach
  • 14.2.1 The Intervention
  • 14.2.2 The Monitoring and Evaluation Approach and Technique
  • 14.3 Analysis
  • 14.3.1 Consistency Between Planned Behavioral Theory and the CCAFS Programś Objectives
  • 14.3.2 Identified Behavioral Changes Induced by the CCAFS Program in West Africa
  • 14.3.3 Learning Opportunities from Applying Behavioral Changes Theory in Adaption Processes
  • 14.4 Needs for Incorporating Behavioral Theory into Adaptation MandE Approaches
  • 14.5 Implications for Policy, Practice and Research
  • 14.5.1 Improving Adaptation Policy with Behavioral Theory and Models
  • 14.5.2 Fitting the Human Behavior Framework into Adaptation Works
  • 14.5.3 Strengthening Human Behavior Elements of Participatory Action Research
  • References
  • Chapter 15: Using Participatory Approaches in Measuring Resilience and Development in Isiolo County, Kenya
  • 15.1 Introduction
  • 15.2 Approach
  • 15.2.1 Top-Down (Track 1) Process
  • 15.2.2 Bottom-Up (Track 2) Process
  • 15.2.3 Linking Track 1 and Track 2
  • 15.2.4 Baseline Data
  • 15.2.4.1 Track 1 (Top-Down)
  • 15.2.4.2 Track 2 (Bottom-Up)
  • 15.2.5 Output and Outcome Data
  • 15.3 Challenges with Implementing the Methodology
  • 15.4 Results
  • 15.5 Track 1 Score Card Outputs
  • 15.6 Track 2 Outputs and Outcomes
  • 15.7 Lessons Learnt
  • 15.8 Implications for Planning Policy and Practice
  • Chapter 16: Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation in Practice: A Child-Centred, Community-Based Project in the Philippines
  • 16.1 Introduction
  • 16.2 The Project
  • 16.3 What `Type ́of Evaluation?
  • 16.3.1 Theory of Change Based Evaluation.
  • 16.3.2 Developmental Evaluation, or, Learning in Complex Systems.

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