Transformational change for people and the planet : evaluating environment and development

Transformational change for people and the planet : evaluating environment and development / Juha I. Uitto, Geeta Batra, editors.

This Open Access book deals with the pressing question of how to achieve transformational change that reconciles development with environmental sustainability. It particularly focuses on the role of evaluation in finding sustainable solutions. Environment and development are closely interlinked, as...

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Other Authors: Uitto, Juha I. (Editor), Batra, Geeta (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Series:Sustainable development goals series,
Subjects:
Sustainable development.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects.
sustainable development.
Sustainability.
The environment.
Society & social sciences.
Central government policies.
Social work.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects
Sustainable development
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Section I: Transformational Change
  • 2. Evaluation for Transformational Change: Learning From Practice
  • 3. Transformational Change for Achieving Scale: Lessons for a Greener Recovery
  • Section II: Drivers of Sustainability
  • 4. Sustainability After Project Completion: Evidence from the GEF
  • 5. From the Big Picture to Detailed Observation: The Case of GEF IEO's Strategic Country Cluster Evaluations
  • 6. Staying Small and Beautiful: Enhancing Sustainability in the Small Island Developing States
  • 7. Assessing Sustainable Development Interventions
  • 8. Can We Assume Sustained Impact? Verifying the Sustainability of Climate Change Mitigation Results
  • Section III: Evaluating Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
  • 9. Using a Realist Framework to Overcome Evaluation Challenges in the Uncertain Landscape of Carbon Finance
  • 10. Evaluation's Role in Development Projects: Boosting Energy-Efficiency in a Traditional Industry in Chad
  • 11. Enabling Systems Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation: Exploring the Role for MEL
  • 12. Assessing the Evaluability of Adaptation-focused Interventions: Lessons from the Adaptation Fund
  • 13. Evaluating Transformational Adaptation in Smallholder Farming: Insights From an Evidence Review
  • Section IV: Evaluation Approaches
  • 14. Evaluation at the Endgame: Evaluating Sustainability and the SDGs by Moving Past Dominion and Institutional Capture
  • 15. Importance and Utilization of Theory-based Evaluations in the Context of Sustainable Development and Social-Ecological Systems
  • 16. Pathway to the Transformative Policy of Agenda 2030: Evaluation of Finland's Sustainable Development Policy
  • 17. Evaluating for Resilient and Sustainable Livelihoods: Applying a Normative Framework to Emerging Realities
  • 18. Measuring the Impact of Monitoring: How We Know Transparent Near-Real-Time Data Can Help Save the Forests
  • 19. Application of Geospatial Methods in Evaluating Environmental Interventions and Related Socioeconomic Benefits.

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