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Evaluating the environment as a global public good

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Global public goods are defined as non-excludable and non-rivalrous. Global environmental
challenges, such as biodiversity conservation or climate change mitigation, fall squarely into this
category. This contribution focuses on the specific dimensions of evaluating the provision of
global public goods in light of experiences from the Global Environment Facility. As global
environmental problems persist, it is important that evaluations focus on the results and impact
of our actions beyond the immediate outputs and outcomes of individual projects and
programs. It is essential to be able to assess whether these actions are making a difference on
the health of the global environment and in the lives of people depending on it. Multiple
methods ranging from quantitative to qualitative, and innovations, such as the use of remote
sensing and GIS, are needed and have been utilized by the GEF independent evaluation office.
The contribution also discusses ways of making global environmental evaluations more influential amongst stakeholders.

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Series Title

Evaluation : The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice

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Publisher

Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications., 2016

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

13563890

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Edition

Volume 22, Issue 1, January 2016; pp. 108–115

Subject(s)

Collaboration
Evaluation
Q methodology
toolkits

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