A framework for climate services evaluation and its application
This paper describes an elaborated logic model to structure the evaluation of a climate services program, which is demonstrated in a case study of the Caribbean Agrometeorological Initiative (CAMI).
BRACED Resilience Exchange
The Resilience Exchange is a flagship report exploring what the Building resilience and adaptation to climate extremes and disasters programme (BRACED) programme has learned after two years.
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
3ie funds impact evaluations and systematic reviews that generate evidence on what works in development programmes and why.
Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development
This book documents emerging and innovative evaluation knowledge and practice for climate change and its links to sustainable development.
International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology
icipe's mission is to help alleviate poverty, ensure food security and improve the overall health status of peoples of the tropics, by developing and extending management tools an
From Tracking to Action
This report looks at emerging evidence of civil society engagement and identifies steps that providers of finance, governments, and CSOs can undertake to close the adaptation accountability gap.
Umweltbundesamt Gmbh - Environment Agency Austria
Our experience of 30 years makes us one of the leading providers of environmental consulting services to national and international clients.
The need for reflexive evaluation approaches in development cooperation
Within development cooperation, development issues are increasingly recognized as complex problems requiring new paths towards solving them. In addition to the commonly used two...
The split ladder of participation: A diagnostic, strategic, and evaluation tool to assess when participation is necessary
The mainstream literature sees participation as critical to deepening democracy and solving complex environmental issues. An explosion of literature on public participation has...
A monitoring instrument for resilience
Implicit in all development work is the quest for impact. Positively influencing livelihoods, landscapes and ecosystems is the goal of our work. Effecting such changes is known to require...
Spekboom Carbon Sequestration and Rehabilitation Project
In the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, Subtropical Thicket has faced severe pressure from agriculture. Originally spekboom-dominated thicket covered approximately 1 200 000 ha of which 550 000 ha (46%) is heavily degraded, 450 000 ha (37%) is moderately degraded, and only about 200 000 ha (17%) is intact.
Monitoring, evaluation and learning
Read here about some tools and examples linked to monitoring, evaluation and learning and the importance to encourage a participatory approach.
Assessment of adaptation needs - Nepal
This report brings together various domains of climate-related knowledge activities by looking at: the institutional landscape policies; laws and regulations; knowledge generation and...
ADM Definitions
One way which may help in determining which methods to use to support ADM is to consider the multiple possible dimensions of a method that can be used to provide a classification of methods.
MCA
MCA is a well-known method (or more accurately, family of methods) for evaluation of alternatives according to multiple decision criteria.
Conditions of applicability
It is clear that there is no 'one tool fits all' solution when assessing climate adaptation and different tools and methods are appropriate for different parts of the process. For example, the...
ADM Tools Guide
This user guide will give you an introduction to the subject of adaptation decision-making tools. It is intended for the newcomer to this area. At the bottom of the page we...
Involving Stakeholders
Stakeholder participation can be used to democratise science and empower citizens, to inform policy making and to advise decision-making processes.
Case studies analytical scope
This page is part of the Mediation Adaptation Pathfinder and documents case studies of some of the adaptation tools and appraoches featured in the Mediation project.
ORCHID
Opportunities and Risks of Climate Change and Disasters (ORCHID)
Developed by IDS, this tool is designed to be a light touch screening process for donors, development organisations and...
ESPACE
Climate Change Impacts and Spatial Planning Decision Support Guidance (ESPACE)
Although this guidance use the lens of spatial planning, it is based around the UKCIP decision-making...
SMCE-NAIADE
Novel approach to imprecise assessment and decision environments (NAIADE) / Social Multi−Criteria Evaluation process (SMCE) method
Naiade is a multi-criteria assessment (MCA) method able...
KnETs
This article describes a technique for classifying and formalising elicited knowledge that can be used to enhance understanding of collected data and reveal new avenues for enquiry.
Voting and ranking exercises
Many formal metrics (e.g., multi-criteria assessment) lead to choices that depend on rather small differences in criteria and aggregate scores. In contrast, stakeholders may favour one or more...
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