Impact Assessment of the Climate Justice Fund
In 2022, Agulhas were commissioned by the Scottish Government to conduct an impact assessment of the Climate Justice Fund.
The primary objective of the assessment was to deliver an impact assessment of the proposed approach for the re-launch of the CJF against criteria including:
- The Scottish Government statutory responsibilities, particularly the requirement to have consideration for both Climate Justice principles and Just Transition.
- Recommendations and findings from the CJF independent evaluation (2022)
- The Scottish Government International Development principles.
- Principles of Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development
The team reviewed a series of core documents and supplemented data collection by conducting interviews with internal Scottish Government interviewees and external interviews.
The impact assessment adopted a risk matrix led approach using a combination of impact and likelihood, providing the Scottish Government with a list of identified near term risks for 2022, and later risks for 2023-2026. The assessment identified six critical risks that required mitigating action. The report proposed several mitigating actions to place the CJF in the best place for the 2022 re-launch.
