Indicators to Assess the Effectiveness of Climate Change Projects

Nancy McCarthy (), Paul Winters (), Ana Maria Linares () and Timothy Essam

No 1202, SPD Working Papers from Inter-American Development Bank, Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness (SPD)

Abstract: Determining reasonable indicators for climate change projects is complicated by the long-term horizon of both mitigation and adaptation project impacts as well as the uncertainty associated with climate change impacts. Actions taken now are often designed to have an impact in the uncertain and distant future and may not directly mitigate or adapt to climate change, but be taken as a step to prepare for future actions. Further complicating identification of indicators is the fact that there is a spectrum of projects, from the pure climate change-focused projects to those that provide climate change benefits as one part of an overall development program, and finally to those with only incidental indirect effects. The objective of this document is to discuss SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely) indicators that can be used for assessing the impact of climate change projects, including those that seek to adapt to the expected impacts of climate change and those that promote low carbon emissions growth strategies to mitigate greenhouse gases.

Keywords: climate chance; indicators; development effectiveness; impact evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H43 Q54 Q56 Z18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-04
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