scholarly journals Assessing the Evaluability of Adaptation-Focused Interventions: Lessons from the Adaptation Fund

2022 ◽  
pp. 173-186
Author(s):  
Ronnie MacPherson ◽  
Amy Jersild ◽  
Dennis Bours ◽  
Caroline Holo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Moving Target ◽  
Variable Time ◽  
Time Horizons ◽  
Technical Evaluation ◽  
Implementation Stage

AbstractEvaluability assessments (EAs) have differing definitions, focus on various aspects of evaluation, and have been implemented inconsistently in the last several decades. Climate change adaptation (CCA) programming presents particular challenges for evaluation given shifting baselines, variable time horizons, adaptation as a moving target, and uncertainty inherent to climate change and its extreme and varied effects. The Adaptation Fund Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) developed a framework to assess the extent to which the Fund’s portfolio of projects has in place structures, processes, and resources capable of supporting credible and useful monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL). The framework was applied on the entire project portfolio to determine the level of evaluability and make recommendations for improvement. This chapter explores the assessment’s findings on designing programs and projects to help minimize the essential challenges in the field. It discusses how the process of EA can help identify opportunities for strengthening both evaluability and a project’s MEL more broadly. A key conclusion was that the strength and quality of a project’s overall approach to MEL is a major determinant of a project’s evaluability. Although the framework was used retroactively, EAs could also be used prospectively as quality assurance tools at the pre-implementation stage.

scholarly journals Enabling Systems Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation: Exploring the Role for MEL

2022 ◽  
pp. 159-172
Author(s):  
Robbie Gregorowski ◽  
Dennis Bours
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Field Testing ◽  
Wicked Problems ◽  
List Type ◽  
Dynamic Complexity ◽  
Socioecological Systems ◽  
Technical Evaluation ◽  
Innovation Approach

AbstractTraditional monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) approaches, methods, and tools no longer reflect the dynamic complexity of the severe (or “super-wicked”) problems that define the Anthropocene: climate change, environmental degradation, and global pandemics. In late 2019, the Adaptation Fund’s Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) commissioned a study to identify and assess innovative MEL approaches, methods, and technologies to better support and enable climate change adaptation (CCA) and to inform the Fund’s own approach to MEL. This chapter presents key findings from the study, with seven recommendations to support a systems innovation approach to CCA: Promote and lead with a CCA systems innovation approach, engaging with key concepts of complex systems, super-wicked problems, the Anthropocene, and socioecological systems. Engage better with participation, inclusivity, and voice in MEL. Overcome risk aversion in CCA and CCA MEL through field testing new, innovative, and often more risky MEL approaches. Demonstrate and promote using MEL to support and integrate adaptive management. Work across socioecological systems and scales. Advance MEL approaches to better support systematic evidence and learning for scaling and replicability. Adapt or develop MEL approaches, methods, and tools tailored to CCA systems innovation.

Awareness of Climate Change Adaptations Among Dutch Housing Associations

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Martin Roders ◽  
Ad Straub ◽  
Henk Visscher
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Housing Associations ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Dutch Housing ◽  
The Impact

Climate change: the question is not anymore if it happens, but what the impact is of its effects such as drought, heat waves and increased precipitation on the quality of our lives in cities, offices and houses. A significant share of the Northern European housing stock is owned and maintained by large stock owners, such as housing associations. It is their responsibility to be aware of changes and risks that might challenge the quality of life of their tenants. Moreover, in order to provide housing with a good market value in the future, adaptation to climate change can no longer be overlooked. With the aim to discover the level of awareness of climate change adaptation among Dutch housing associations, a content analysis was undertaken on the policy plans and the annual reports of the 25 largest housing associations. Subsequently they were classified according to their level of awareness. The analysis returned no topics that directly referred to climate change adaptation, which implies that all housing associations are categorised as being ‘unaware’. Therefore, in order to reach higher levels of awareness and to incentivize the implementation of adaptation measures, appropriate governance strategies need to be developed. Future research will define the characteristics of these strategies in relation to the level of awareness of the housing associations. Adoption of the measures could be easier if adaptation measures are combined with maintenance activities, as this has been the case with mitigation measures.

Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Aspects of Forests in India - An Overview

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Tajinder Singh ◽  
R.S. Rawat ◽  
V.R.S. Rawat
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Mitigation Potential ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Local Levels ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Climate change is recognized as a significant man-made global environmental challenge and it is also treated as threat. It may alter the distribution and quality of natural resources. Considering the vulnerabilities of forests and irreversible impacts of climate change on forests, long term planning for forest conservation and management is the urgent need of the hour to ensure and maintain the long-term mitigation potential of forests. In this study multi-disciplinary literature review, interviews with researchers in a variety of related fields, and consultation meetings with selected practitioners at the national, regional, and local levels were conducted. The findings of study highlighted the current status of knowledge, strengths, gaps and constraints in research pertaining to climate change adaptation and mitigation aspects of forests in India.

scholarly journals Exploring ecosystem-based adaptation in Durban, South Africa: “learning-by-doing” at the local government coal face

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Roberts ◽  
Richard Boon ◽  
Nicci Diederichs ◽  
Errol Douwes ◽  
Natasha Govender ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Close Association ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Coal Face ◽  
Ongoing Development

The lack of progress in establishing ambitious and legally binding global mitigation targets means that the need for locally based climate change adaptation will increase in vulnerable localities such as Africa. Within this context, “ecosystem-based adaptation” (EBA) is being promoted as a cost-effective and sustainable approach to improving adaptive capacity. Experience with the ongoing development of Durban’s Municipal Climate Protection Programme indicates that achieving EBA in cities means moving beyond the conceptualization of a uniform, one-size-fits-all layer of street trees and parks to a more detailed understanding of the complex ecology of indigenous ecosystems and their resilience under climate change conditions. It also means engaging with the role that this “bio-infrastructure” plays in improving the quality of life and socioeconomic opportunities of the most vulnerable human communities. Despite the long-term sustainability gains of this approach, implementation in Durban has been shown to be both technically challenging and resource intensive. The close association between human and ecological systems in addressing climate change adaptation has also led to the development of the concept of “community ecosystem-based adaptation”.

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