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Independent Evaluation supports Evidence for Climate Action at COP30
The EBRD Independent Evaluation Department (IEvD) is proud to support Evidence for Climate Action (E4CA) at COP30. E4CA will bring together the evaluation functions of multiple organizations to present the latest evidence on climate action. A series of in-person and virtual sessions will feature discussions on a range of key issues, from adaption and climate finance to forestry management and the role of Indigenous peoples and local communities.
What is Evidence for Climate Action (E4CA)?
E4CA is a global platform for sharing the latest collective evidence on climate action from over 20 organizations. With accelerating implementation at the core of COP30, insights from evaluative evidence on what is working, what is not, and what has the potential to scale, are vital for informing the way forward.
If you will be at COP30, we invite you to visit the E4CA pavilion and join our in-person events. If you will not be at the COP, we invite you to review the schedule, register for virtual events, and join the discussion on effective climate action.
IEvD is organising two virtual sessions:
- Tuesday, 11 November 2025 at 10:45am local time / 1:45pm London time: Delivering Sustainability and Climate Resilience through Investments in Urban Environment | Register
- Thursday, 13 November 2025 at 10:45 local time / 1:45pm London time: Counting Money vs. Counting Impact – Evaluating EBRD's Green Economy | Register
Full schedule
All times are Belem time (GMT-3):
COP thematic days: Adaptation, Cities, Infrastructure, Water, Waste, Local Governments, Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, Science, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence.
10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual | Integration of adaptation in water and food security programs
By: Policy and Operations Evaluation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (IOB-Netherlands) | REGISTER
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10:45 – 11:15 | Virtual | Building Water Resilience: How Evaluation Evidence is Shaping Africa's Climate Adaptation Frontline
By: Independent Development Evaluation, African Development Bank (AfDB-IDEV) | REGISTER
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11:30 – 12:00 | Virtual | Inter-American Development Bank Group Support to Climate Adaptation 2016-2022
By: Office of Evaluation and Oversight, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) | REGISTER
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12:15 – 12:45 | Virtual | Understanding Resilience and M&E of interventions: insights from the Climate Resilience Alliance
By: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | REGISTER
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13:00 – 13:30 | Virtual | Climate adaptation in the most vulnerable contexts
By: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | REGISTER
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14:30 – 15:00 | Virtual | IEG-DEval Opening
By: German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval); and Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group | REGISTER
COP thematic days: Adaptation, Cities, Infrastructure, Water, Waste, Local Governments, Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, Science,Technology, and Artificial Intelligence.
10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual | Mainstreaming Green Growth and Climate Change in AfDB’s Interventions: Coherence, Policy Gaps, and Adaptation Needs
By: Independent Development Evaluation, African Development Bank (AfDB-IDEV) | REGISTER
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10:45 – 11:15 | Virtual | Delivering Sustainability and Climate Resilience through Investments in Urban Environment
By: Independent Evaluation Department, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) | REGISTER
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14:30 – 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Scalability of Adaptation Actions
By: Technical Evaluation Reference Group, Adaptation Fund (AF)
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16:00 – 17:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Global Stocktake and climate change adaptation: ethical considerations and effective interventions
By: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
COP thematic days: Health, Jobs, Education, Culture, Justice and human rights, Information integrity, Workers, Global Ethical Stocktake, Equity
10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual | From Invisibility to Impact: Rewiring Climate Action for Urban Children Making slums central to adaptation, not an afterthought
By: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); and EvalSDGs | REGISTER
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10:45 – 11:45 | Virtual Flagship | Partnering with the Private Sector: Evidence-based Insights into Mobilizing Investment for Renewable Energy
By: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) | REGISTER
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12:15 – 12:45 | Virtual | Public Opinion on Carbon Pricing and Revenue Uses in East Africa
By: Expert Group for Aid Studies, Sweden Development Assistance (EBA Sweden) | REGISTER
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13:00 – 13:30 | Virtual | Evaluating transformational climate finance initiative: the case of the TFSC program
By: Agence Française de Développement (AFD) | REGISTER
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14:30 – 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Resilience, Climate Change Adaptation, and Climate Risks in the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund
By: Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
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16:00 – 17:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | From Evidence to Climate Action: How evaluation serves as a lever for climate action
By: Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF); and Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
COP thematic days: Health, Jobs, Education, Culture, Justice and human rights, Information integrity, Workers, Global Ethical Stocktake, Equity
10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual | Climate Finance Readiness
By: Technical Evaluation Reference Group, Adaptation Fund (AF) | REGISTER
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10:45 – 11:15 | Virtual | Counting Money vs. Counting Impact – Evaluating EBRD's Green Economy
By: Independent Evaluation Department, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) | REGISTER
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11:30 – 12:00 | Virtual | Delivering the Climate Finance Accelerator Programme
By: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, United Kingdom (DESNZ-UK) | REGISTER
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12:15 – 12:45 | Virtual | An evaluation of the UK-IFCs Market Accelerator for Green Construction (MAGC) Programme
By: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, United Kingdom (DESNZ-UK) | REGISTER
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14:30 – 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Evidence for a just transition
By: Instituto Veredas, Pan-African Collective for Evidence; and German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
COP thematic days: Energy, Industry, Transport, Trade, Finance, Carbon markets, and Non-CO2 gases, Energy Efficiency, Just Transition
10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual | Powering a Resilient Africa: Lessons from the Evaluation of the AfDB’s Renewable Energy Support
By: Independent Development Evaluation, African Development Bank (AfDB-IDEV) | REGISTER
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10:45 – 11:15 | Virtual | Global Environment Facility support for climate change mitigation
By: Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF) | REGISTER
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11:30 – 12:00 | Virtual | Evidence for Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Transport Systems in Africa
By: Independent Development Evaluation, African Development Bank (AfDB-IDEV) | REGISTER
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12:15 – 12:45 | Virtual | Climate-proofing buildings: Evidence from housing renovations to meet mitigation targets and challenges to optimize public support
By: Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) | REGISTER
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13:00 – 14:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Future Ecosystems for Africa
By: United Nations University (UNU); African Synthesis Centre for Climate Change, Environment, and Development (ASCEND)
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14:30 - 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Informing Evidence-Based Policy, Planning and Investments: Evidence Gap Map on Sustainable Energy
By: Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All)
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16:00 – 17:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | The use of evaluations to steer climate policy and support the update and implementation of the NDC 3.0 process
By: German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval); German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS); and Initiative for Climate Action Transparency, United Nations Office for Project Services UNOPS (ICAT)
COP thematic days: Energy, Industry, Transport, Trade, Finance, Carbon markets, and Non-CO2 gases, Energy Efficiency, Just Transition
11:30 - 12:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Strengthening Climate Action through Bilateral and Multistakeholder Finance Evaluation
By: German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval); and Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
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14:30 - 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | What Works in Nature-Based Solutions Multi-Scale Evidence for Impact
By: Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF); and Initiative for Climate Action Transparency, United Nations Office for Project Services UNOPS (ICAT)
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16:00 – 17:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Understanding Resilience and M&E of interventions: insights from the Climate Resilience Alliance
By: Climate Analytics-PIK; and UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
COP thematic days: Forests, Oceans, and Biodiversity, while spotlighting Indigenous peoples, Local and traditional communities, Children and Youth, and Small and medium entrepreneurs
10:00 - 10:30 | Virtual | Geospatial
By: Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group (IEG) | REGISTER
10:45 - 11:45 | Virtual Flagship | Indigenous peoples, biodiversity, and climate: lessons learned
By: Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group; Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund (GCF); and Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF) | REGISTER
12:00 - 13:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Indigenous peoples, biodiversity, and climate: from evidence to action
By: Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group; Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund (GCF); and Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
14:30 - 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Private capital mobilization and co-financing
Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
16:00 – 17:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Lessons from Financing Forestry Programs
By: Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF); Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund (GCF); and Technical Evaluation Reference Group, Adaptation Fund (AF)
COP thematic days: Forests, Oceans, and Biodiversity, while spotlighting Indigenous peoples, Local and traditional communities, Children and Youth, and Small and medium entrepreneurs
10:00 - 10:30 | Virtual | Assessing Forest Conservation with Geospatial Evaluation Tools
By: Agence Française de Développement (AFD) | REGISTER
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10:45 - 11:15 | Virtual | Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund in Latin America and the Caribbean
By: Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund (GCF) | REGISTER
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11:30 - 12:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Harnessing Geospatial Tools to Measure and Monitor Biodiversity Protection
By: Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
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14:30 - 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | High-level round table
By: Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); and UN World Food Programme (WFP)
COP thematic days: Agriculture, Food Systems and Food Security, Fisheries, and Family Farming. Women, Gender, Afro-descendant, and Tourism
10:00 - 10:30 | Virtual | Food Systems
By: Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF) | REGISTER
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10:45 - 11:15 | Virtual | The effects of the World Food Program's integrated interventions on resilience and food security
By: UN World Food Programme (WFP) | REGISTER
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11:30 - 12:00 | Virtual | Linkages between nutrition and climate change actions
By: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | REGISTER
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12:15 - 12:45 | Virtual | Efficacy of providing anticipatory cash assistance within days of a flood in Bangladesh and Nepal
By: UN World Food Programme (WFP) | REGISTER
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13:00 - 14:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Geospatial Analysis at the Global Environment Facility
By: Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
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14:30 - 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Built to last? Sustainability of results of adaptation projects
By: Technical Evaluation Reference Group, Adaptation Fund (AF); UN World Food Programme (WFP)
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16:00 - 17:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Climate Finance of the Past and the Future: Findings from the Performance Reviews of Climate Funds and Foresight Study
By: Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
COP thematic days: Agriculture, Food Systems and Food Security, Fisheries, and Family Farming. Women, Gender, Afro-descendant, and Tourism
10:00 - 10:30 | Virtual | Evaluation of Country Ownership in the Green Climate Fund
By: Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund (GCF) | REGISTER
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10:45 - 11:15 | Virtual | Solutions for resilient environmental management in small island developing states
By: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | REGISTER
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11:30 - 12:15 | Virtual | Introducing Biodiversity into production sectors
By: Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group (IEG) | REGISTER
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12:15 - 12:45 | Virtual | State of the evidence on climate action
By: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) | REGISTER
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13:00 - 14:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | Demand-side engagement for climate action: Fostering evidence use in policy-making
By: Instituto Veredas, Pan-African Collective for Evidence
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14:30 - 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion | High-level round table
By: Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); and UN World Food Programme (WFP)
Disclaimer: The views expressed in each of the sessions are entirely those of the individual speakers and do not represent the official view of E4CA or any of its constituent organizations. While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the contents of each session are factually correct, E4CA does not take responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any of the content of each of the sessions.