The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) provided £200m of investments through the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB), UK Climate Investments UKCI) in order to fund an international three year green investment pilot programme. The focus is on investment in low carbon technologies in India, South Africa and East Africa.
These projects should mitigate climate change or enable communities to adapt to its effects. The proposed investment of £200m is to be invested in 8- 12 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in at least two countries and at least two renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency by 2019.
SQ consult, in consortium with Ipsos Moris, Mott McDonald and Ernst & Young combine impact and process evaluation to provide options for continuous improvement for the pilot in addition to identifying impacts and lessons for future UK International Climate Fund programmes. The 4 years long evaluation will assess the delivery of the overall pilot, as well as utilising a case study investigation of the pilot projects together with research and analysis of the investment climate in the priority countries. learning.
The evaluation will also inform the evidence base to assess whether BEIS (formerly DECC) should scale up the UKCI, and the GIB’s longer term role for investing UK climate finance internationally.
For more information contact: Marion Vieweg
