The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. The attendant Sustainable Development Goals rest on three equally important pillars, the economic, social and environmental.

Evaluation is important for finding sustainable solutions for people and the planet and to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

IEO Director Juha Uitto will participate in two panel sessions for the European Evaluation Society (EES) Conference: Evaluating in the Nexus As if Both the Nature and Humans Mattered on Wednesday, September 8 from 2:40 to 4:10 PM; and Evaluators for the good Anthropocene: How can we contribute on

Geeta Batra, Deputy Director and Chief Evaluation Officer of the GEF IEO, will present on the panel 'Pathways towards transformational climate action: overcoming barriers and moving forwards' on Wednesday, September 8, 2021.

On Wednesday, 18 August 2021 at 13:45 GMT (9:45 EDT), GEF IEO Director Juha Uitto delivered a keynote address on Geographical Approaches to Evaluating Global Environmental Programs in the Age of Sustainability for the 34^th International Geograph

A book launch will take place on 29 July, 2021 from 14.00 UTC (= 16.00 CEST = 10.00 a.m. EDT) on the recently released "Transformational Evaluation for the Global Crises of Our Times".

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Geeta Batra is the Chief Evaluator and Deputy Director of the GEF Independent Evaluation Office, which assesses the progress and impact of Global Environment Facility interventions.

Latest news and development from the GEF Independent Evaluation Office: click here to read the full issue

The GEF Independent Evaluation Office, the Environmental Law Institute and the World Bank hosted a webinar on Lessons from an Evaluation of the GEF's Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations.