At Asian Evaluation Week 2025 in Xi’an, evaluation units from the Global Environment Facility, the Asian Development Bank, and the Green Climate Fund convened for an exchange on how environmental evaluation can inform more resilient, inclusive, and climate-smart development.

Parallel Session 12: Environmental Evaluation for Resilient and Inclusive Growth presented evidence from recent evaluations addressing a range of thematic areas, including nature-based solutions and ecosystem restoration; chemicals and waste management; the use of geospatial tools and machine learning to assess environmental outcomes; integrated programming across health, food, and water security; and policy reform and ecological infrastructure.

The session examined how embedding environmental considerations into project design, implementation, and policy planning can strengthen development outcomes.

Discussion also highlighted the role of evaluation as a mechanism for learning and adaptation in the context of increasing environmental and climate-related challenges.

The exchange provided a platform for dialogue across evaluation offices and climate finance institutions on advancing environmental evaluation practice and its contribution to decision-making at project, program, and policy levels.