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Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation: Methodological Approaches

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  • Ayesha Dinshaw

    (World Resources Institute)

  • Susannah Fisher

    (International Institute for Environment and Development)

  • Heather McGray

    (World Resources Institute)

  • Neha Rai

    (International Institute for Environment and Development)

  • Johan Schaar

    (World Resources Institute)

Abstract

This paper explores methodological approaches that can be used to monitor and evaluate climate change adaptation initiatives at the projects and programme levels. It examines approaches that have been used in other areas of development practice to see what lessons have been learned that can inform the development of monitoring and evaluation frameworks targeted at adaptation. The paper focuses on three methodological challenges related to monitoring and evaluation that are particularly relevant for adaptation: i) assessing attribution, ii) establishing baselines and targets, and iii) dealing with long time horizons. The paper also considers the importance of on-going learning in evaluation and the benefit of applying a comprehensive approach to monitoring and evaluation, building on tested practices from participatory methods and social sciences techniques. Ce rapport analyse les approches méthodologiques utilisables pour suivre et évaluer les initiatives d’adaptation au changement climatique mises en oeuvre au niveau des projets ou des programmes. Il examine les approches adoptées dans d’autres domaines d’action en faveur du développement afin de cerner, parmi les enseignements qui en ont été tirés, ceux qui pourraient éclairer l’élaboration de cadres de suivi et d’évaluation visant l’adaptation. Le rapport met l’accent sur trois enjeux méthodologiques du suivi et de l’évaluation qui s’avèrent particulièrement intéressants du point de vue de l’adaptation : i) évaluer l’attribution, ii) établir des niveaux de référence et des objectifs, et iii) travailler avec des horizons temporels lointains. Il aborde également l’importance que revêt l’apprentissage continu dans l’évaluation, ainsi que l’avantage que présente une approche globale du suivi et de l’évaluation, fondée sur des pratiques éprouvées qui relèvent de méthodes participatives et de techniques des sciences sociales.

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  • Ayesha Dinshaw & Susannah Fisher & Heather McGray & Neha Rai & Johan Schaar, 2014. "Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation: Methodological Approaches," OECD Environment Working Papers 74, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:envaaa:74-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jxrclr0ntjd-en
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    1. Dula Etana & Denyse J. R. M. Snelder & Cornelia F. A. van Wesenbeeck & Tjard de Cock Buning, 2021. "The Impact of Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability on the Livelihood of Smallholder Farmers in Central Ethiopia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-21, June.
    2. Forsyth, Tim, 2018. "Is resilience to climate change socially inclusive? Investigating theories of change processes in Myanmar," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 13-26.
    3. Janna-Malin Gehrke & Markus Groth & Peer Seipold, 2024. "A process model approach to integrate future climate change into corporate strategies," Sustainability Nexus Forum, Springer, vol. 32(1), pages 1-15, December.
    4. Margulis, Sergio, 2016. "Vulnerabilidad y adaptación de las ciudades de América Latina al cambio climático," Documentos de Proyectos 41041, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).

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    Keywords

    adaptation au changement climatique; apprentissage; climate change adaptation; learning; monitoring and evaluation; suivi et évaluation;
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    JEL classification:

    • H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
    • O22 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Project Analysis
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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