Climate change is impacting the lives and livelihoods of people around the world. But global mitigation, adaptation, and resilience efforts are not keeping pace with targets agreed upon in the Paris Agreement or needs articulated in scientific assessments. Realizing the unprecedented societal shifts needed to prevent the worst impacts of climate change in a short period of time necessitates rapid learning and adaptive management, underpinned by data, evidence, and insights.
In September 2024, The Rockefeller Foundation convened 22 global leaders from government, climate funds, philanthropy, field-building, non-profit, and multilateral organizations at its historic Bellagio Center to explore the question:
“How can we amplify the value and impact of evidence and learning in addressing the urgent climate crisis?”
Climate Evaluation and Learning: Invitation to Take Action
Those dedicated to climate evidence generation and results have critical contributions to make in helping people adapt to and reversing climate change — specifically in channeling available resources to the most effective, equitable solutions, while leveraging the evidence base to unlock additional action and capital for climate action.
But to meet the moment, those of us who commission, generate, and use climate evidence, evaluation, and insights must evolve how we work in a way that’s responsive to the nature of the challenge we’re up against — one which is complex, urgent, and global in nature.
Building on the pioneering principles of the 2024 Global Declaration on Evaluation for Transformational Change, this Invitation to Take Action — created by representatives from over 20 global organizations — invites you to join us in evolving our collective practices around evidence generation and use to address the climate crisis.
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