Publications

The discussion paper is part of the DEval evaluation of interventions for climate change adaptation. This paper focuses on an existing evidence gap on the effectiveness, impact and sustainability of irrigation infrastructure interventions for strengthening climate resilience and climate change adaptation in the nexus of agriculture and water. The evaluation selected the long-term investments of German financial and technical development cooperation in Mali as a representative learning case for similar interventions in the context of climate vulnerability and conflict in the African Sahel region.

• The journal article in PNAS Nexus

• BenYishay A., S. Goodman, R. Sayers, K. Singh, M. Walker, M. Rauschenbach and M. Noltze (2023), Does Irrigation Strengthen Climate Resilience? A Geospatial Impact Evaluation of Interventions in Mali, DEval Discussion Paper 1/2023, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.
  
  This paper has been published in PNAS Nexus by Oxford University Press.
  Citation: BenYishay, A.; Sayers, R.; Singh, K.; Goodman, S.; Walker, M.; Traore, S.; Rauschenbach, M. and M. Noltze (2024), Irrigation Strengthens Climate Resilience: Long-term Evidence from Mali Using Satellites and Surveys, PNAS Nexus, Volume 3, Issue 2, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae022.

The climate crisis poses enormous challenges for the international community. German development cooperation (DC) therefore supports its partner countries in implementing the Paris Agreement by promoting Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). In the NDCs, the contracting states specify the degree to which they plan to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to what extent they want to adapt to climate change. The NAPs incorporate the national adaptation policy into the development plans. Against this backdrop, in the course of the evaluation of interventions for climate change adaptation, DEval examined how effectively German DC supports NDCs and NAP processes. This policy brief presents the findings and recommendations of the evaluation.

• Noltze, M. and S. Harten (2023), Climate Change Adaptation: Supporting Partner Countries in Implementing the Paris Agreement, DEval Policy Brief 8/2023, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.

Die Klimakrise stellt die internationale Staatengemeinschaft vor enorme Herausforderungen. Die deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZ) unterstützt deshalb ihre Partnerländer bei der Umsetzung des Pariser Klimaabkommens über die Förderung von nationalen Klimabeiträgen (Nationally Determined Contributions, NDCs) und nationalen Anpassungsplänen (National Adaptation Plans, NAPs). In den NDCs legen die Vertragsstaaten fest, wie stark sie ihre Treibhausgasemissionen senken und inwieweit sie sich an den Klimawandel anpassen wollen. Über die NAPs wird das Thema Anpassung in die nationale Entwicklungsplanung eingebracht. Vor diesem Hintergrund untersuchte das DEval im Rahmen der Evaluierung von Maßnahmen zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel, wie effektiv diese NDCs und NAP-Prozesse unterstützen (Noltze et al., 2023). In diesem Policy Brief werden die Ergebnisse und Empfehlungen der Evaluierung vorgestellt.

• Noltze, M. und S. Harten (2023), Klimaanpassung: Partnerländer bei der Umsetzung des Pariser Klimaabkommens unterstützen, DEval Policy Brief 8/2023, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn.

German development cooperation (DC) supports developing and emerging countries in adapting to climate change. DEval evaluated its success in a modular evaluation of climate change adaptation interventions. This policy brief summarises the key fndings of the evaluation and gives recommendations for a better climate policy.

• Noltze, M. and S. Harten (2023), Climate Policy: Pathways to More Effective Adaptation to the Climate Crisis, DEval Policy Brief 7/2023, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.

Die deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZ) unterstützt Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländer bei der Anpassung an den Klimawandel. Das DEval hat im Rahmen einer modularen Evaluierung von Maßnahmen zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel deren Erfolg bewertet. In diesem Policy Brief werden die zentralen Ergebnisse der Evaluierung zusammengefasst und Empfehlungen für eine wirksamere Klimapolitik ausgesprochen.

• Noltze, M. und S. Harten (2023), Klimapolitik: Wege zu einer wirksameren Anpassung an die Klimakrise, DEval Policy Brief 7/2023, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn.

This synthesis report concludes the modular DEval evaluation of interventions for climate change adaptation. The objective of this report is to assess the effectiveness and impact of the adaptation portfolio of German development cooperation (DC) and the implementation of mainstreaming adaptation as well as the promotion of transformative and conflict-sensitive adaptation interventions. In addition to an evaluation synthesis on the effectiveness and impact of interventions, the evaluation also comprises case analyses, theory-building desk studies and workshops.

• Executive Summary (PDF, 2.90 MB)
• To the BMZ response
• To the Climate Change Adaptation Report Series This Publication is Part of the Climate Change Adaptation Report Series

• Noltze, M., A. Köngeter, I. Mank, K. Moull and M. Rauschenbach (2023), Evaluation of Interventions for Climate Change Adaptation. Synthesis Report, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.