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In episode 5, we conclude the second part of our interview with Dr Jyotsna Puri (Jo), the Head of the IEU. Appointed by the GCF Board in 2017, Jo built the IEU from the ground up to a team of 28 members today. She has worked tirelessly to ensure that the IEU conduct high-quality evidence-based evaluations that will help make the GCF faster, smarter, and better. Unfortunately for the IEU, the 26th meeting of the GCF Board held in August was the last GCF Board meeting that Jo attended as the head of the IEU, as she will be leaving the GCF to join the International Fund for Agricultural Development. In this episode, Jo delves into the importance of trusted evidence and what she has learned over the course of leading 7 evaluations.

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In episode 4, we talk to Dr Jyotsna Puri (Jo), the head of the IEU. Appointed by the GCF Board in 2017, Jo built the IEU from the ground up to a team of 28 members today. She has worked tirelessly to ensure that the IEU conduct high-quality evidence-based evaluations that will help make the GCF faster, smarter, and better. Unfortunately for the IEU, the 26th meeting of the GCF Board held in August was the last GCF Board meeting that Jo attended as the head of the IEU, as she will be leaving the GCF to join the International Fund for Agricultural Development.  In this episode, Jo shares her parting thoughts on the IEU and what to expect in the future. 

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In episode 3, we interview Dr Unni Karunakara for his latest thoughts on the global race to combat COVID-19. How do we balance citizens’ right to privacy and contact tracing for COVID-19? How do we proceed from here? What will new normal look like? We address these questions and more in the latest episode.

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Episode 2 looks at something that could help bridge the gap between the clear scientific evidence of climate change and the lack of effective climate action in practice.  We explore how behavioural insights can be integrated in climate projects and climate change advocacy for better impact and positive change. The episode includes commentary from three IEU team members involved with behavioural science research. 

• Mr. Cornelius Kruger, Research Assistant Consultant and also a member of the IEU’s Behavior and Design Lab, which in short is called the “BaDLab”. Cornelius’s paper ‘Going the Last Mile: Behavior Science and Investments in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation’ won the Best Paper award at the Climate 2020 Online Conference. 

• Ms. Iben Hjorth, IEU’s communications and uptake intern, who recently published a blog titled “Let’s talk about evidence – behavioural insights to help us communicate”. 

• Dr. Archi Rastogi, who is Evaluation Specialist at the IEU. His blog “Will the Climate Strikes Create Impact?”, argued that using behavioural insights could boost the impact of climate strikes. 

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In this episode, we interview Dr. Unni Karunakara. He is currently a Shinhan Distinguished Visiting Professor at Yonsei University and a Visiting Faculty at Tshinghua University as well as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health at Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Karunakara has extensive experience in the humanitarian relief sector working as the International President of Doctors Without Borders from 2010 to 2013.

Dr. Karunakara shares his expertise working on humanitarian issues and provides his thoughts on how developing countries should approach the challenges associated with COVID-19.

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The IEU is excited to announce the release of our new podcast series 'The Evaluator' which brings compelling insights on cutting-edge topics related to evaluation, climate action and development, featuring experts from across the globe as well as from within the IEU.  

In this episode Dr. Lini Wollenberg of the University of Vermont examines the global significance of agricultural and food system emissions as well as the role of the public and private sector to reduce these emissions and hotspots for action. The discussion took place during the IEU’s Lunch Talk on August 8, 2019.

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Stephen Donofrio of Forest Trends describes his organization's work with supply chains and the ecosystem marketplace.

Please note that Stephen makes frequent references to his powerpoint during his discussion. He also refers to the website for Supply-Change.org. For the best listening experience, we recommend downloading these materials while listening to the talk.

Resources

Presentation Powerpoint

Supply-Change.org

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This episode includes a special session from the Green Climate Fund’s Global Programming Conference that took place from August 19th to the 23rd in Songdo Korea. The session centered on catalyzing innovation and mobilizing investments at scale. 

It included commentary from:

· Dr. Jo Puri, Head of the Independent Evaluation Unit

· His excellency Wallace Cosgrow, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change of the Seychelles

· Ms. Camilla Otto, Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

· And Ms. Kate Montgomery, Head of Business Development at Acumen Fund Inc.

The session was moderated by Mr. Mitch Carpen Head of Risk Management and Compliance at the Green Climate Fund. The week long event aimed to serve as a starting point for high level dialogue on country and entity programming with the GCF.

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In this exclusive bonus episode, we include Dr. Jo Puri's presentation to the GCF at the 23rd Meeting of the Board. This episode includes Executive Director of the GCF, Yannick Glemarec's management response as well as comments from Board members. 

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