Impact evaluation and interventions to address climate change: a scoping study

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Prowse, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1271-468X and Snilstveit, Birte (2010) Impact evaluation and interventions to address climate change: a scoping study. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2 (2). pp. 228-262. ISSN 1943-9342

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Abstract

Substantial and increasing amounts of funding are available for countries to undertake climate change interventions. This article argues that to ensure effective allocation of these resources, the selection and design of climate change mitigation and adaptation interventions should be based on evidence of what works, what doesn't work, under what circumstances and at what cost. Currently the evidence base on the impact of climate change interventions is minimal and there is a need for wider application of rigorous impact evaluation (IE) in the field. Climate change interventions have much to learn from experiences in related fields, notably international development and conservation. The paper highlights some of the challenges faced when conducting IEs of climate change interventions and discusses how these can be tackled. Moreover, it discusses some of the key areas of mitigation and adaptation interventions and suggests how IEs could be implemented, using IEs from other policy fields as examples. It argues that despite the limited experience so far there are ample opportunities to conduct IE of climate change interventions. If calls for increasing financing of climate change mitigation and adaptation by hundreds of billions of dollars a year are to remain credible and gain support, evidence of the effectiveness of current spending is essential.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 20 Aug 2020 01:11
Last Modified: 25 Sep 2024 14:55
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76510
DOI: 10.1080/19439341003786729

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