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Report on Effectiveness of the Swiss International Cooperation in Climate Change 2000 – 2012
Challenges and lessons
Monika Egger Kissling, SDC
Irene Leibundgut, SECO
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Federal Department of Economic Affairs FDEA State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO
17th Meeting 19-20 November
2014
Content
Mandate
Challenges
Process and Methodology
Results
Lessons
Monika Egger Kissling SDC / Irene Leibundgut SECO
Mandate
Report on Results Public Tender
simap.ch
Competences Climate Change, Evaluation, Communication
Consortium Gaia, Finland & Creatura Ltd. UK & Zoi Environment, Switzerland
Monika Egger Kissling SDC / Irene Leibundgut SECO
Challenges
Magnitude / Diversity / Data
Measuring, aggregating and attribution of quantitative results (mitigation, adaptation)
No internationally agreed standard for measuring climate adaptation / qualitative results
View of Contracting entity versus view of Independent Consultant
How to measure policy influencing?
CC was not explicitly addressed in earlier projects
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Management of challenges
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Constant dialog and “negotiations”
Reduction of complexity and improving focus
understanding CC allocation and clean data inconsistency
anticipated scarcity of baselines and result data in project documentation
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Process and Methodology
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We cluster the portfolio along the results chains
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The consultants proceed for a new re-clustering
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Process and Methodology
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Assessment of 423 projects/US-$ 1.45 billion
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Assessment
Projects screened with seven point scoring system
Direct – indirect evidence
Comparison
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Results
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40% strong, 50% moderate, 10% little CC benefit
Results
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Results Learning curve / institutional learning
The effectiveness of climate change activities improved over time
No geographical focus of scoring Mirrors the worldwide relevance of the global topic
Synergies enhance effectiveness Climate change adaptation and mitigation
SDC and SECO have successfully introduced new and effective approaches to CC context 12
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Challenges and what we learnt
Most of the CC projects produce co-benefits. Lesson 1: better valorization of co-benefits in
the future Lesson 2: be aware and consider strong link
CC and development
Lack of explicit CC baseline data. Lesson 3: establish baselines at the very
beginning of the intervention / project
Delusion: The Report serves the purpose but not as in-depth as expected. Lesson 4: be more realistic in our expectations
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Challenges and what we learn
Heavy process: Lengthy and heavy process with significant ressources Lesson 5: Pioneer approach / need for learning /
Transversal theme / co-benefit
Standards: No clear metrics exist yet for measuring adaptation Lesson 6: engage in clarifying concept of
measuring adaptation
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Thank you for your attention
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Monika Egger Kissling, SDC
Irene Leibundgut, SECO