Evaluating Environmental Impact and Sustainable Development Trends
Evaluations by Dr. Juha Uitto shed light on how the environment is being impacted by global trends like population growth, urbanization, and climate change. The evaluations emphasize the importance of addressing planetary boundaries and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for a sustainable future. Key points include the value of preventing land degradation, mechanisms for promoting broader adoption and transformational change, and implications for evaluation practices in sustainable development efforts.
- Environmental Impact
- Sustainable Development
- Global Trends
- Evaluation Practices
- Planetary Boundaries
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Is the Environment Being Left Behind? What are evaluations telling us? Dr. Juha Uitto Director, GEF Independent Evaluation Office People and the Planet: National Evaluation Capacity Istanbul, Turkey, 18-20 October 2017
Planetary boundaries Global trends: Population growth, Urbanization, Consumption, Desertification, Land degradation, Climate change Human-driven climate change Land system change Phosphorous and nitrogen pollution Loss of biosphere integrity
Sustainable Development Goals Directly environmental: Climate action (13), Life below water (14), Life on land (15), Clean water (6), Clean energy (7), Sustainable cities (11) Dependent on the environment: No poverty (1), Zero hunger (2), Good health (3), Gender (5)
Broader adoption and transformational change 61% 59% of projects achieved broader adoption of projects achieved environmental stress reduction Mechanisms for broader adoption: Mainstreaming and replication Scaling-up and market change Success factors for transformational change: Clear ambition in designs Addressing market reforms through policies Mechanisms for financial sustainability Quality of implementation and execution May be achieved by projects of different size
Implications for evaluation Must look beyond individual projects Define system boundaries Unintended consequences Do interventions make a difference? Sustainable development lens!
