ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors provide an overview of the evaluations of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) climate change portfolio. Although climate change evaluation is still a relatively new field, a fair amount of experience has already been gained especially in the context of evaluating mitigation projects and programs. The GEF is a partnership involving the majority of the world's countries, a number of international organizations, civil society, academia and the private sector set up to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development efforts. The authors present the evaluations from other donor agencies to the extent that they have been able to identify relevant evaluations. The authors also present and discuss conceptual frameworks that have been utilized in these evaluations. They analyze the various conceptual frameworks used—or those that could be used—for evaluating climate change mitigation initiatives. The authors identify a number of challenges in evaluating climate change mitigation.
