Topics: Environment

Technical Paper

Carbon markets and food systems

Issued on 2026 by CIFOR-ICRAF: Bogor, Indonesia and Nairobi, Kenya

Carbon markets are increasingly recognized as a central instrument of international climate cooperation, yet their potential to support the...

Event

Webinar: Beyond Access – Approaches to Country Ownership Across Multilateral Climate Funds

Online, Feb 12, 2026 - Feb 12, 2026

This webinar is part of the Climate Finance Evidence Series, a joint initiative of four multilateral climate funds aimed at strengthening...

Event

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, Jan 19, 2026 - Jan 23, 2026

The World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2026 will consider key global and regional challenges, including stimulating growth to improve living...

Event

Twelfth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

Apr 28, 2026 - Apr 30, 2026

The Twelfth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development will be held from 28 to 30 April 2026. This year SDGs are Clean water and...

Event

2026 United Nations Water Conference

United Arab Emirates, Dec 2, 2026 - Dec 4, 2026

Achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 on Clean Water and Sanitation is an essential end in itself and is also critical to progress on the...

Technical Paper

UNDP-FAO: Climate Action Review Tool

Issued on 2025 by UNDP–FAO

The UNDP–FAO Climate Action Review (CAR) Tool aims to support adaptation planners’ and practitioners’ transition from the planning to the...

Book

The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture 2025 – The potential to produce more and better.

Issued on 2025 by FAO

In order to meet the demands of a growing global population, agriculture needs to produce about 50 percent more food, feed and fibre by 2050 compared...

Report

White Paper: Financing Agrifood Systems for People, Planet and Prosperity: Towards a new pact for mobilizing capital, reforming systems, and driving transformation at scale.

Issued on 2025 by GDPRD

The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development releases its latest white paper: “ Financing Agrifood Systems for People, Planet and Prosperity...

Guidance Document

Guidelines for the Evaluation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework

Issued on 2025 by UNEG

The "Guidelines for the Evaluation of the United Nations Sustainable Cooperation Framework" were developed by the United Nations Evaluation Group...

Report

The OECD Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation report

Issued on 2025 by OECD A

The OECD Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation report serves as a global reference on government support policies to agriculture across 54...

Blog

From the World Food Forum to EvalforEarth: How evaluation fuels agrifood system transformation

Posted on 31/10/2025 by ARWA AHMED KHALID

Rome’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters pulsed with energy this October when the 2025 World Food Forum (WFF) opened its doors. The...

Event

Zimbabwe’s Inaugural Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Week 2025

Rainbow Towers in Harare., Jul 28, 2025 - Aug 1, 2025

Zimbabwe’s Inaugural Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Week 2025 Under the theme "Strengthening Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Towards...

Event

Neglected no more: Unlocking the potential of Neglected and Underutilised Species (NUS) for sustainable food systems and food security

ONLINE , Oct 15, 2025 - Oct 15, 2025

Neglected and Underutilised Species (NUS) - overlooked crops and edible plants - hold great potential to enhance food security, farmers' income, and...

Technical Paper

Neglected and Underutilised Species (NUS): Potential for Food and Nutrition Security-a Knowledge Review

Issued on 2025 by European Commission

This knowledge review synthesises evidence on NUS in the following areas: NUS’s contribution to food security Nutritional benefit of NUS Consumer...

Report

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025

Issued on 2025 by UN DESA, in collaboration with the entire UN Statistical System,

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025 marks the tenth annual stocktaking of global progress toward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...

Report

Compendium of Evaluation Methods

Issued by UNEG

Strengthening the professional capacity of UN evaluators to design and manage evaluations is a central objective of the United Nations Evaluation...

Report

Are We Getting There? A synthesis of UN system evaluations of SDG 5

Issued on 2024 by UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP

As we cross the midpoint of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and amidst stalled progress on achieving gender equality, the independent...

Event

COP15: 15th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties

Victoria Falls. Zimbabwe., Jul 23, 2025 - Jul 31, 2025

The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP15) will be held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe...

e-learning

GEF-IEO: Training Course: Introduction to Environmental Evaluation Approaches and Tools

Issued by GEF-IEO

Are you looking to expand your evaluation skills? Have you been wanting to integrate environmental targets in your tracking of the Sustainable...

Guidance Document

MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE

Issued on 2017

The Most Significant Change (MSC) technique is a form of participatory monitoring and evaluation. It involves the collection and selection of stories...

Guidance Document

QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (QCA)

Issued by Intrac

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a methodology that enables the analysis of multiple cases in complex situations. It can help explain why...