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Episode 15 of ‘The Evaluator’ is our second episode to focus on the topic of climate bonds, also referred to as green bonds or sustainable bonds. This podcast is based on the IEU Virtual Talk: The Future of Climate Bonds, held in May, 2021. It features Sean Kidney, CEO of Climate Bonds Initiative. He is joined by Dr. Jyotsna Puri (Jo), former IEU Head and currently the Associat

This episode of The Evaluator features Sean Kidney, CEO of Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), an NGO working to mobilize the $100 trillion bond market for climate change solutions. In this episode, Sean takes us through a tour de force on the hows and whys of climate bonds, bonds which are linked to climate-friendly investments. This is the first of two episodes on the topic of climat

This episode of the Evaluator features two renowned REDD+ experts: Ms. Maria Garcia Espinosa, Senior Policy Advisor at Climate Law and Policy; and Mr. Pierre Guedez, Senior Climate Finance Specialist at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Together with IEU’s Yeonji Kim as the moderator, they discuss a wide range of topics related to REDD+, including the GC

This episode of The Evaluator features Dr. Jeannette Gurung, Founder & Executive Director of Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN). Listen to her speak about why gender and climate change should be addressed in unison and learn about the methodology WOCAN has proposed for putting a monetary value on the women’s unpaid care for the

How does the GCF go about financing adaptation projects and programmes in developing countries? What does its adaptation portfolio look like? Where do opportunities exist for the GCF to make its adaptation investments more relevant and effective? This episode features three IEU members who contributed significantly to the IEU’s recently concluded “Independent Evaluation of the

Does crop insurance improve farmers’ livelihoods in the face of climate change? If so, what does it take to convince them to buy it? In this podcast, Dr. Nathanial Peterson, Vice President of Partnerships at the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics, explains how Busara helped an agricultural insuretech improve the sale of crop insurance through a mixed-incentive referral system

This episode of The Evaluator features Dr. Ania Grobicki, Deputy Director of External Affairs at the GCF. She was one of the Coordinating Lead Authors of the Freshwater chapter of the UN Environment’s 6th Global Environment Outlook report, sub-titled “Healthy Planet, Healthy People”.  In this podcast, she discusses the global water cycle and, especially, the state and tr

This episode of The Evaluator features Doug Watkins of the East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership, a network of partners working to protect migratory waterbirds, their habitat and the livelihoods of people dependent upon them. Listen to hear about how the work being done to protect more than 50 million birds from 250 different species on their way through 22 different countries

This episode of The Evaluator features Dr Bernhard Seliger of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, a German NGO with an office in South Korea. One of their focus areas is encouraging international collaboration with North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, on environmental issues such as sustainable forestry. In this podcast, Dr Bernhard Seliger shares his insights on c

This episode of 'The Evaluator' features Professor Hyun Shin, Associate Professor of Marketing at Hanyang University and editor of the Korea edition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. In the podcast, Professor Hyun Shin tells the story of the G-Saver, a heat accumulator that can reduce coal consumption by up to 45%. The G-Saver has been implemented in Mongolia since 2010. Li