While there is now greater awareness and willingness to address environmental sustainability in evaluations, there is considerable uncertainty and concern about how to do this. The hosts of this thematic breakfast are globally recognised as two of the most experienced and recognised evaluators addressing sustainability and climate. We are convinced that sustainability has an important place in all evaluations and that this is entirely within the reach of evaluation. After all, since we depend on natural systems for our existence, and all that we do, it seems reasonable to say that everything we do affects natural systems. That includes the interventions we evaluate. Evaluation has not been very interested in natural systems but global awareness of the urgent need for sustainability is changing this. Andy and Juha look forward to discussing sustainability and evaluation with participants and sharing experiences and suggestions for incorporating sustainability into your evaluations.
Andy has a PhD from the London School of Economics, is a Fellow and former President of the CES and an early contributor to evaluating sustainability and mainstreaming sustainability in evaluation. He initiated the CES effort to mainstream sustainability and is a founding member of... Read More →
