ABSTRACT
This part introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters. The part discusses methodological challenges in the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks for projects dealing with adaptation to climate change. It provides the Global Environment Facility and United Nations Development Programme experience with this type of projects, and specific M&E proposals are made which could be useful also for other types of projects. Furthermore, tools and experiences in M&E of climate change adaptation projects are presented in a chapter based on the Bangladesh experience. The part identifies a set of evaluation challenges such as: attribution in complex and high uncertainty contexts; the need to consider "relevance" at the project level and in a wider context; the different scales of adaptation interventions; and the implications for evaluation of considering success when nothing negative happens.
