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#TheEvaluator'The Evaluator’ Episode 15: Climate bonds Part IIEpisode 15 of ‘The Evaluator’ is our second episode to focus on the topic of climate bonds, also referred to as green bonds or sustainable bonds.
This podcast is based on the IEU Virtual Talk: The Future of Climate Bonds, held in May, 2021.
It features Sean Kidney, CEO of Climate Bonds Initiative. He is joined by Dr. Jyotsna Puri (Jo), former IEU Head and currently the Associate Vice-President of the Strategy and Knowledge Department at the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
They discuss how climate bonds can help mobilize private capital for the extensive inve...
2021-11-1525 min#TheEvaluator‘The Evaluator’ Episode 14: Climate bonds Part IThis episode of The Evaluator features Sean Kidney, CEO of Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), an NGO working to mobilize the $100 trillion bond market for climate change solutions.
In this episode, Sean takes us through a tour de force on the hows and whys of climate bonds, bonds which are linked to climate-friendly investments.
This is the first of two episodes on the topic of climate bonds.
This episode was created by the IEU's Iben Holstener Hjorth and Yeonji Kim. You can subscribe to 'The Evaluator' on major podcast platforms including Anchor, Radio Public...
2021-10-2215 min
#TheEvaluator“The Evaluator’ Episode 13: REDD+, Cancun Safeguards, and the GCF’s pilot programmeThis episode of the Evaluator features two renowned REDD+ experts: Ms. Maria Garcia Espinosa, Senior Policy Advisor at Climate Law and Policy; and Mr. Pierre Guedez, Senior Climate Finance Specialist at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Together with IEU’s Yeonji Kim as the moderator, they discuss a wide range of topics related to REDD+, including the GCF’s REDD+ results-based payment pilot, the Cancun Safeguards, and the future of the REDD+ mechanism as a whole.
Maria and Pierre also discuss the ESS evaluation report, and specifically the chapter on the GCF’s REDD+...
2021-07-1437 min#TheEvaluator'The Evaluator' Episode 12: Addressing gender and climate change togetherThis episode of The Evaluator features Dr. Jeannette Gurung, Founder & Executive Director of Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN).
Listen to her speak about why gender and climate change should be addressed in unison and learn about the methodology WOCAN has proposed for putting a monetary value on the women’s unpaid care for the environment.
This episode was created by the IEU's Iben Holstener Hjorth and Yeonji Kim. You can subscribe to 'The Evaluator' on major podcast platforms including Anchor, Radio Public, Breaker, Spotify, and Google.
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2021-05-1113 min#TheEvaluator‘The Evaluator’ Episode 11: Evaluating the GCF’s Adaptation PortfolioHow does the GCF go about financing adaptation projects and programmes in developing countries? What does its adaptation portfolio look like? Where do opportunities exist for the GCF to make its adaptation investments more relevant and effective?
This episode features three IEU members who contributed significantly to the IEU’s recently concluded “Independent Evaluation of the Adaptation Portfolio and Approach of the Green Climate Fund”: Dr. Martin Prowse, Evaluation Specialist; Mr. Peter Mwandri, Evaluation Researcher; and Mr. Andreas Reumann, Head ad interim of the IEU.
Martin, Peter and Andreas discuss some of the main topics covere...
2021-03-3019 min#TheEvaluator'The Evaluator' Episode 10: What does it take to convince farmers to buy crop insurance for climate resilience? A case study.Does crop insurance improve farmers’ livelihoods in the face of climate change? If so, what does it take to convince them to buy it?
In this podcast, Dr. Nathanial Peterson, Vice President of Partnerships at the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics, explains how Busara helped an agricultural insuretech improve the sale of crop insurance through a mixed-incentive referral system. Dr. Peterson discusses how Busara leveraged social and economic mechanisms to drive particular segments of farmers to refer others, ultimately resulting in thousands becoming insured against climate shocks in Malawi, Zambia and Nigeria.
The Busara Center fo...
2021-03-0218 min#TheEvaluator'The Evaluator' Episode 9: GEO6 and FreshwaterThis episode of The Evaluator features Dr. Ania Grobicki, Deputy Director of External Affairs at the GCF. She was one of the Coordinating Lead Authors of the Freshwater chapter of the UN Environment’s 6th Global Environment Outlook report, sub-titled “Healthy Planet, Healthy People”. In this podcast, she discusses the global water cycle and, especially, the state and trends of freshwater worldwide, as reflected in this UNEP report.
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2021-02-0422 min#TheEvaluator'The Evaluator' Episode 8: Waterbird conservation on an international scaleThis episode of The Evaluator features Doug Watkins of the East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership, a network of partners working to protect migratory waterbirds, their habitat and the livelihoods of people dependent upon them.
Listen to hear about how the work being done to protect more than 50 million birds from 250 different species on their way through 22 different countries.
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2021-01-1011 min#TheEvaluator'The Evaluator' Episode 7: Towards reforestation in the DPRKThis episode of The Evaluator features Dr Bernhard Seliger of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, a German NGO with an office in South Korea. One of their focus areas is encouraging international collaboration with North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, on environmental issues such as sustainable forestry.
In this podcast, Dr Bernhard Seliger shares his insights on creating change in one of the most closed countries in the world.
2020-12-2116 min#TheEvaluator'The Evaluator' Episode 6: Measuring change with randomized controlled trials: The story of the G-Saver.This episode of 'The Evaluator' features Professor Hyun Shin, Associate Professor of Marketing at Hanyang University and editor of the Korea edition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
In the podcast, Professor Hyun Shin tells the story of the G-Saver, a heat accumulator that can reduce coal consumption by up to 45%. The G-Saver has been implemented in Mongolia since 2010. Listen to the episode to hear about Professor Hyun Shin’s experience of implementing a randomized controlled trial to measure the impact of the G-Saver.
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2020-11-3007 min#TheEvaluator'The Evaluator' Episode 5: Dr. Jyotsna Puri (Jo) on the importance of trusted evidenceIn episode 5, we conclude the second part of our interview with Dr Jyotsna Puri (Jo), the Head of the IEU. Appointed by the GCF Board in 2017, Jo built the IEU from the ground up to a team of 28 members today. She has worked tirelessly to ensure that the IEU conduct high-quality evidence-based evaluations that will help make the GCF faster, smarter, and better. Unfortunately for the IEU, the 26th meeting of the GCF Board held in August was the last GCF Board meeting that Jo attended as the head of the IEU, as she will be leaving the GCF...
2020-11-0120 min#TheEvaluator'The Evaluator' Episode 4: Dr. Jyotsna Puri (Jo) on the past, present and future of the IEUIn episode 4, we talk to Dr Jyotsna Puri (Jo), the head of the IEU. Appointed by the GCF Board in 2017, Jo built the IEU from the ground up to a team of 28 members today. She has worked tirelessly to ensure that the IEU conduct high-quality evidence-based evaluations that will help make the GCF faster, smarter, and better. Unfortunately for the IEU, the 26th meeting of the GCF Board held in August was the last GCF Board meeting that Jo attended as the head of the IEU, as she will be leaving the GCF to join the International Fund for...
2020-10-1829 min#TheEvaluator'The Evaluator' Episode 3: COVID-19, Governance and the New NormalIn episode 3, we interview Dr Unni Karunakara for his latest thoughts on the global race to combat COVID-19. How do we balance citizens’ right to privacy and contact tracing for COVID-19? How do we proceed from here? What will new normal look like? We address these questions and more in the latest episode.
Dr Karunakara worked as the International President of Doctors Without Borders from 2010 to 2013. He has also taught at Yonsei University and Tsinghua University and is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health at Yale.
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2020-09-2512 min#TheEvaluator'The Evaluator' Episode 2: Behavioural Science and Climate ChangeEpisode 2 looks at something that could help bridge the gap between the clear scientific evidence of climate change and the lack of effective climate action in practice. We explore how behavioural insights can be integrated in climate projects and climate change advocacy for better impact and positive change. The episode includes commentary from three IEU team members involved with behavioural science research.
• Mr. Cornelius Kruger, Research Assistant Consultant and also a member of the IEU’s Behavior and Design Lab, which in short is called the “BaDLab”. Cornelius’s paper ‘Going the Last Mile: Behavior Science and Investments in...
2020-08-3135 min#TheEvaluator'The Evaluator' Episode 1: COVID-19 and Developing CountriesIn this episode, we interview Dr. Unni Karunakara. He is currently a Shinhan Distinguished Visiting Professor at Yonsei University and a Visiting Faculty at Tshinghua University as well as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health at Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Karunakara has extensive experience in the humanitarian relief sector working as the International President of Doctors Without Borders from 2010 to 2013.
Dr. Karunakara shares his expertise working on humanitarian issues and provides his thoughts on how developing countries should approach the challenges associated with COVID-19.
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2020-08-0910 min#TheEvaluatorIntroducing 'The Evaluator'The IEU is excited to announce the release of our new podcast series 'The Evaluator' which brings compelling insights on cutting-edge topics related to evaluation, climate action and development, featuring experts from across the globe as well as from within the IEU.
Stay tuned for the launch of our first episode with Dr. Unni Karunakara who is currently a Shinhan Distinguished Visiting Professor at Yonsei University and a Visiting Faculty at Tshinghua University as well as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health at Yale School of Public Health. He has extensive experience in the humanitarian relief sector work...
2020-08-0902 min#TheEvaluatorIEU Talks Episode 9: Aligning agendas for climate change mitigation and food securityIn this episode Dr. Lini Wollenberg of the University of Vermont examines the global significance of agricultural and food system emissions as well as the role of the public and private sector to reduce these emissions and hotspots for action. The discussion took place during the IEU’s Lunch Talk on August 8, 2019.
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2019-09-0554 min#TheEvaluatorIEU Talks Episode 8: Addressing commodity driven deforestationStephen Donofrio of Forest Trends describes his organization's work with supply chains and the ecosystem marketplace.
Please note that Stephen makes frequent references to his powerpoint during his discussion. He also refers to the website for Supply-Change.org. For the best listening experience, we recommend downloading these materials while listening to the talk.
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2019-09-051h 01#TheEvaluatorBONUS Episode 10: GCF Global Programming ConferenceThis episode includes a special session from the Green Climate Fund’s Global Programming Conference that took place from August 19th to the 23rd in Songdo Korea. The session centered on catalyzing innovation and mobilizing investments at scale.
It included commentary from:
· Dr. Jo Puri, Head of the Independent Evaluation Unit
· His excellency Wallace Cosgrow, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change of the Seychelles
· Ms. Camilla Otto, Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
· And Ms. Kate Montgomery, Head of Business Development at Acumen Fund Inc.
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2019-09-0457 min#TheEvaluatorBONUS Episode 7: IEU Head Jo Puri Presents Forward-looking Performance Review at B.23In this exclusive bonus episode, we include Dr. Jo Puri's presentation to the GCF at the 23rd Meeting of the Board. This episode includes Executive Director of the GCF, Yannick Glemarec's management response as well as comments from Board members.
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2019-07-181h 32#TheEvaluatorIEU Talks Episode 6: Humanitarian responses to climate changeDr. Unni Karunakara of Yonsei University delves into the determinants of adaptive migration and how environmental and public health professionals can better respond to humanitarian needs resulting from climate change. Dr. Karunakara served as the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) from 2010-2013.
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2019-06-181h 01
#TheEvaluatorIEU Talks Episode 5: Engaging the Private Sector in Impact EvaluationDr. Edward Jackson of Carleton University and Institute of Development Studies (IDS) looks at strategies for incorporating the private sector in impact evaluation. His discussion took place during IEU's LORTA workshop in Mannheim, Germany on April 16.
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2019-06-1029 min
#TheEvaluatorIEU Talks Episode 4: Evaluation for Humans, Why Behavior MattersElspeth Kirkman of the Behavioral Insights Team examines the importance of behavior when conducting evaluation. Her discussion took place during IEU's LORTA workshop in Mannheim, Germany on April 17.
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2019-06-1037 min
#TheEvaluatorIEU Talks Episode 3: Art and Science of Becoming Faster, Smarter, BetterDr. Jyotsna (Jo) Puri of the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) provides an overview of impact evaluation methods. Her discussion took place during IEU's LORTA workshop in Mannheim, Germany on April 15.
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2019-06-1023 min
#TheEvaluatorIEU Talks Episode 2: The Power of Impact Evaluation in Development CooperationDr. Jorg Faust of the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) discusses the power of impact evaluation in development cooperation. His discussion took place during IEU's LORTA workshop in Mannheim, Germany on April 15, 2019.
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2019-06-1032 min#TheEvaluatorIEU Talks Episode 1: Climate Finance and Transboundary RiskKevin M. Adams, Research Associate at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), delves into the components of transboundary risk and relation to climate finance at IEU's April lunch talk.
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2019-05-0957 min