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The Technical Evaluation Reference Group of the Adaptation Fund (AF-TERG) is a proud sponsor of the Evidence for Climate Action (E4CA), a global platform for sharing the latest evidence on climate action. Anchored at the ‘evidence pavilion’ at COP30, E4CA will bring together the evaluation functions of multiple organizations for a diverse program on lessons learned from multiple climate interventions. A series of in-person and virtual sessions aligned with the COP Thematic Days 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. 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.

AF-TERG Events

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 

Climate Finance Readiness

10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual
By Technical Evaluation Reference Group, Adaptation Fund (AF)
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Saturday, November 15, 2025

Scalability of Adaptation Actions

13:00 – 14:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Technical Evaluation Reference Group, Adaptation Fund (AF)

Monday, November 17, 2025 

Lessons from Financing Forestry Programs

16:00 – 17:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Technical Evaluation Reference Group, Adaptation Fund (AF)

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 

Built to last? Sustainability of results of adaptation projects

14:30 – 15:30 |In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Technical Evaluation Reference Group, Adaptation Fund (AF)
UN World Food Programme (WFP)

Events

Monday, November 10, 2025

By COP thematic days: Adaptation, Cities, Infrastructure, Water, Waste, Local Governments, Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, Science, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence.

Integration of adaptation in water and food security programs

10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual
By Policy and Operations Evaluation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (IOB-Netherlands)
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Building Water Resilience: How Evaluation Evidence is Shaping Africa’s Climate Adaptation Frontline

10:45 – 11:15 | Virtual
By Independent Development Evaluation, African Development Bank (AfDB-IDEV)
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Inter-American Development Bank Group Support to Climate Adaptation 2016-2022

11:30 – 12:00 | Virtual
By Office of Evaluation and Oversight, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
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Understanding Resilience and M&E of interventions: insights from the Climate Resilience Alliance

12:15 – 12:45 | Virtual
By International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
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Climate adaptation in the most vulnerable contexts

13:00 – 13:30 | Virtual
By United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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IEG-DEval Opening

14:30 – 15:00 | Virtual
By German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)
Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group
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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

By COP thematic days: Adaptation, Cities, Infrastructure, Water, Waste, Local Governments, Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, Science,Technology, and Artificial Intelligence.

Mainstreaming Green Growth and Climate Change in AfDB’s Interventions: Coherence, Policy Gaps, and Adaptation Needs

10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual
By Independent Development Evaluation, African Development Bank (AfDB-IDEV)
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Delivering Sustainability and Climate Resilience through Investments in Urban Environment

10:45 – 11:15 | Virtual
By Independent Evaluation Department, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
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Global Stocktake and climate change adaptation: ethical considerations and effective interventions

16:00 – 17:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

By COP thematic days: Health, Jobs, Education, Culture, Justice and human rights, Information integrity, Workers, Global Ethical Stocktake, Equity

From Invisibility to Impact: Rewiring Climate Action for Urban Children Making slums central to adaptation, not an afterthought

10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual
By: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF); and EvalSDGs
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Partnering with the Private Sector: Evidence-based Insights into Mobilizing Investment for Renewable Energy

10:45 – 11:45 | Virtual Flagship
By Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
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Public Opinion on Carbon Pricing and Revenue Uses in East Africa

12:15 – 12:45 | Virtual
By Expert Group for Aid Studies, Sweden Development Assistance (EBA Sweden)
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Evaluating transformational climate finance initiative: the case of the TFSC program

13:00 – 13:30 | Virtual
By Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
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Resilience, Climate Change Adaptation, and Climate Risks in the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund

14:30 – 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)

From Evidence to Climate Action: How evaluation serves as a lever for climate action

16:00 – 17:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Thursday, November 13, 2025

By COP thematic days: Health, Jobs, Education, Culture, Justice and human rights, Information integrity, Workers, Global Ethical Stocktake, Equity

Climate Finance Readiness

10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual
By Technical Evaluation Reference Group, Adaptation Fund (AF)
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Counting Money vs. Counting Impact – Evaluating EBRD’s Green Economy

10:45 – 11:15 | Virtual
By Independent Evaluation Department, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
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Delivering the Climate Finance Accelerator Programme

11:30 – 12:00 | Virtual
By Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, United Kingdom (DAENZ-UK)
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An evaluation of the UK-IFCs Market Accelerator for Green Construction (MAGC) Programme

12:15 – 12:45 | Virtual
By Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, United Kingdom (DAENZ-UK)
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Evidence for a just transition

14:30 – 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Instituto Veredas, Pan-African Collective for Evidence
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Friday, November 14, 2025

By COP thematic days: Energy, Industry, Transport, Trade, Finance, Carbon markets, and Non-CO2 gases, Energy Efficiency, Just Transition

Powering a Resilient Africa: Lessons from the Evaluation of the AfDB’s Renewable Energy Support

10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual
By Independent Development Evaluation, African Development Bank (AfDB-IDEV)
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Global Environment Facility support for climate change mitigation

10:45 – 11:15 | Virtual
By Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
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Evidence for Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Transport Systems in Africa

11:30 – 12:00 | Virtual
By Independent Development Evaluation, African Development Bank (AfDB-IDEV)
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Climate-proofing buildings: Evidence from housing renovations to meet mitigation targets and challenges to optimize public support

12:15 – 12:45 | Virtual
By Council of Europe Development Bank (COEBANK)
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Future Ecosystems for Africa

13:00 – 14:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By United Nations University (UNU)
African Synthesis Centre for Climate Change, Environment, and Development (ASCEND)

Informing Evidence-Based Policy, Planning and Investments: Evidence Gap Map on Sustainable Energy

14:30 – 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All)

The use of evaluations to steer climate policy and support the update and implementation of the NDC 3.0 process

16:00 – 17:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Initiative for Climate Action Transparency, United Nations Office for Project Services UNOPS (ICAT)

Saturday, November 15, 2025

By COP thematic days: Energy, Industry, Transport, Trade, Finance, Carbon markets, and Non-CO2 gases, Energy Efficiency, Just Transition

Strengthening Climate Action through Bilateral and Multistakeholder Finance Evaluation

11:30 – 12:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)
Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Scalability of Adaptation Actions

14:30 – 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Technical Evaluation Reference Group, Adaptation Fund (AF-TERG)

What Works in Nature-Based Solutions Multi-Scale Evidence for Impact

14:30 – 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Initiative for Climate Action Transparency, United Nations Office for Project Services UNOPS (ICAT)
CIF

Understanding Resilience and M&E of interventions: insights from the Climate Resilience Alliance

16:00 – 17:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Climate Analytics-PIK
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Monday, November 17, 2025

By COP thematic days: Forests, Oceans, and Biodiversity, while spotlighting Indigenous peoples, Local
and traditional communities, Children and Youth, and Small and medium entrepreneurs

Geospatial

10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual
By Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group (IEG)
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Indigenous peoples, biodiversity, and climate: lessons learned

10:45 – 11:45 | Virtual Flagship
By Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group
Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
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Indigenous peoples, biodiversity, and climate: from evidence to action

12:00 – 13:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group
Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Private capital mobilization and co-financing

14:30 – 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Lessons from Financing Forestry Programs

16:00 – 17:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Technical Evaluation Reference Group, Adaptation Fund (AF)

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

By COP thematic days: Forests, Oceans, and Biodiversity, while spotlighting Indigenous peoples, Local
and traditional communities, Children and Youth, and Small and medium entrepreneurs

Assessing Forest Conservation with Geospatial Evaluation Tools

10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual
By: Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
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Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund in Latin America and the Caribbean

10:45 – 11:15 | Virtual
By Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
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Harnessing Geospatial Tools to Measure and Monitor Biodiversity Protection

11:30 – 12:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

High-level round table

14:30 – 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
UN World Food Programme (WFP)

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

By COP thematic days: Agriculture, Food Systems and Food Security, Fisheries, and Family Farming. Women, Gender, Afro-descendant, and Tourism

Food Systems

10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual
By Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
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The effects of the World Food Program’s integrated interventions on resilience and food security

10:45 – 11:15 | Virtual
By UN World Food Programme (WFP)
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Linkages between nutrition and climate change actions

11:30 – 12:00 | Virtual
By International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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Efficacy of providing anticipatory cash assistance within days of a flood in Bangladesh and Nepal

12:15 – 12:45 | Virtual
By UN World Food Programme (WFP)
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Geospatial Analysis at the Global Environment Facility

13:00 – 14:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Built to last? Sustainability of results of adaptation projects

14:30 – 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Technical Evaluation Reference Group, Adaptation Fund (AF)
UN World Food Programme (WFP)

Climate Finance of the Past and the Future: Findings from the Performance Reviews of Climate Funds and Foresight Study

16:00 – 17:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Thursday, November 20, 2025

By COP thematic days: Agriculture, Food Systems and Food Security, Fisheries, and Family Farming.
Women, Gender, Afro-descendant, and Tourism

Evaluation of Country Ownership in the Green Climate Fund

10:00 – 10:30 | Virtual
By Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
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Solutions for resilient environmental management in small island developing states

10:45 – 11:15 | Virtual
By: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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Introducing Biodiversity into production sectors

11:30 – 12:15 | Virtual
By Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group (IEG)
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State of the evidence on climate action

12:15 – 12:45 | Virtual
By International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
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Demand-side engagement for climate action: Fostering evidence use in policy-making

13:00 – 14:00 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Instituto Veredas, Pan-African Collective for Evidence

High-level round table

14:30 – 15:30 | In-person at the Evidence Pavilion
By Independent Evaluation Office, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
UN World Food Programme (WFP)
6 November 2025