IRMF RESULTS HANDBOOK

The IRMF Results Handbook outlines the GCF's approach to results-based management, focusing on measuring paradigm shift, mitigation, adaptation, and enabling environments. It defines core and supplementary indicators, establishes reporting requirements via Annual Performance Reports (APRs) and evaluations, and provides a structured methodology for setting baselines and targets to ensure portfolio-wide data aggregation.

• The IRMF is designed to replace the initial Results Management Framework (RMF) and the Mitigation and Adaptation Performance Measurement Frameworks (PMFs) to enable consistent measurement and reporting of results at both the project level and the aggregated portfolio level.
• Paradigm shift is measured across three dimensions: scale, replicability, and sustainability. These are assessed using a scorecard-based approach with a three-point scale during interim and final evaluations.
• The IRMF defines four core quantitative indicators for mitigation and adaptation: GHG emissions reduced, avoided or removed/sequestered (Core 1); direct and indirect beneficiaries reached (Core 2); value of physical assets made more resilient or able to reduce GHG emissions (Core 3); and hectares of natural resource areas under improved management (Core 4).
• Every GCF project or programme must monitor at least two of the four core enabling environment indicators, which track institutional and regulatory frameworks, technology deployment, market development, and knowledge generation.
• Accredited Entities (AEs) are required to submit Annual Performance Reports (APRs) by March 1st each year via the Portfolio Performance Management System (PPMS), providing narrative progress and quantitative data against selected indicators.
• The GCF requires a Theory of Change (TOC) for all funding proposals, where the goal statement is treated as a context-specific paradigm shift that the project aims to support.
• The IRMF emphasizes 'contribution, not attribution,' meaning it identifies how an intervention is one of many factors contributing to a change, rather than the sole cause.
• Evaluations are mandatory at two points: an interim evaluation at the midpoint of implementation and a final evaluation at the end of the project.
• The GCF provides a dedicated funding window under the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme specifically for Direct Access Entities (DAEs) to implement the IRMF.

APA

Green Climate Fund (n.d.). IRMF RESULTS HANDBOOK. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/draft-results-handbook-v11-01092023.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. IRMF RESULTS HANDBOOK. n.d. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/draft-results-handbook-v11-01092023.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefundndirmf, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{IRMF RESULTS HANDBOOK}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/draft-results-handbook-v11-01092023.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }