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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 17 th Meeting 19-20 November 2014 Report on Effectiveness of the Swiss International Cooperation in Climate Change 2000 – 2012 Challenges and lessons Monika Egger Kissling, SDC Irene Leibundgut, SECO

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 4 Monika Egger Kissling SDC / Irene Leibundgut SECO

Management of challenges  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 5 Monika Egger Kissling SDC / Irene Leibundgut SECO

Process and Methodology  We cluster the portfolio along the results chains 6 Monika Egger Kissling SDC / Irene Leibundgut SECO

Process and Methodology  The consultants proceed for a new re-clustering 7 Monika Egger Kissling SDC / Irene Leibundgut SECO

Assessment of 423 projects/US-$ 1.45 billion 8 Monika Egger Kissling SDC / Irene Leibundgut SECO

Assessment  Projects screened with seven point scoring system  Direct – indirect evidence  Comparison 9 Monika Egger Kissling SDC / Irene Leibundgut SECO

Results  40% strong, 50% moderate, 10% little CC benefit 10 Monika Egger Kissling SDC / Irene Leibundugt SECO

Results 11 Monika Egger Kissling SDC / Irene Leibundgut SECO

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 Monika Egger Kissling SDC / Irene Leibundgut SECO

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 13 Monika Egger Kissling SDC / Irene Leibundgut SECO

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 14 Monika Egger Kissling SDC / Irene Leibundgut SECO

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