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Chapter 4 by Tonya Schuetz, Wiebke F€orch, Philip Thornton and Ioannis Vasileiou from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) describes the design of an impact pathway-based Monitoring,Evaluation andLearning (MEL) system that combines classic indica- tors of process in research with innovative indicators of change. The chapter highlights the importance of engaging users of research in the development of impactpathwaysandcontinuously throughout the lifeof theprogram.Resultsshow that partnershipswith diverse actors such as the private sector and policymakers are key to achieving change. The chapter concludes that research alone is insuffi- cient to bring about change. However, research does generate knowledge that stakeholders canput to use to generate development outcomes. Chapter 5 by Monika Egger Kissling and Roman Windisch, ‘Lessons from taking stock on 12 years of Swiss international cooperation on climate change’ highlights the challenges encountered and lessons learned from this assessment where a bilateral donor puts climate change lens on a longstanding development cooperationportfolio.Thechapterdiscusses theneed(1) forevaluators toputmore effort in identifying bestmethodological practices amidst a large volumeof infor- mation,diverseportfolioandabsenceof reliabledata; (2) forpractitioners to invest moreinstrategicprojectdesignandmonitoringtoprovideaccuratedata;and(3)for policy makers to be cognizant of the value that evaluation brings, as it is an important tool that contributes to accountability. Chapter 6byMichaelCarbondiscusses the approach, process and lessons from the evaluation of UNEP’s Climate Change Sub-programme. It shows the impor- tanceof developinganappropriate analytical framework that iswell-suited for the scope and complexity of the object of evaluation, and how theTheory ofChange approach helped make a credible assessment of UNEP’s contribution towards impact, sustainability andupscaling. Chapter 7written byAryanieAmellina focuses on an assessment of the initial phases of the Joint CreditingMechanism (JCM) in Indonesia. It highlights JCM governanceandeaseofuseofmethodologiesrelatedtomeasurement, reportingand verification (MRV). The author concludes with recommendations to strengthen methods todeterminereferenceemissionsandforclarifyingways toallocatecredit among countries to define apathway to a tradeable creditmechanism. Chapter 8 by Jyotsna Puri, ‘Using mixed methods to assessing trade-offs between agricultural decisions and deforestation’, demonstrates the importance of using qualitative and quantitativemethods to assess andmeasurewin-win devel- opmentpolicies thatalsohelpmitigateclimatechange.Theauthor’sstudyexplores the poverty and environment nexus using historical data on land rights and panel dataon landuse inThailand.Thechapter concludes that it is important tomeasure the differential effects of policies on different crops, agricultural intensity and agricultural frontier. In the case examined by the author, she advises that policies that encourage cultivationmaynot bedetrimental to forest cover after all. Chapter 9writtenbyAaronZazueta andNeerajNegi presents themethodolog- ical approach adopted in the evaluation of climate change mitigation projects supported by theGlobal Environment Facility in four emergingmarkets, namely 8 J.I.Uitto et al.