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mitigation, and adaptation. This book aims to provide an authoritative interdisci- plinaryperspectiveof innovativeandemergingevaluationknowledgeandpractice around climate change anddevelopment. It focuses on lessons learned andgained from evaluating climate change projects, programs, and policies as they link to sustainable development, from the perspectives of international organizations, NGOs, multilateral and bilateral aid agencies, and the academia. Authors share methodologies and approaches used to better understand problems and assess interventions, strategies, and policies. They also share challenges encountered, whatwas done to solve these, and lessons learned fromevaluations. Collectively, the authors illustrate the importance of evaluation in providing evidence to guide policy change and informeddecision-making. This book iswritten for policymakers, programandproject proponents, practi- tioners, academics, and other informed audiences concernedwith climate change, sustainable development, and evaluation. Washington,DC,USA Juha I.Uitto NewDelhi, India JyotsnaPuri Leidschendam,TheNetherlands RobD. vandenBerg xii Preface