II. Greening in practice

Every phase of the intervention cycle, from country context analysis to project formulation and implementation, provides key entry points for embedding environmental considerations. The sooner greening initiatives begin, the greater the opportunity for impactful change. The 'green lens' approach encourages assessing every action for its environmental and climate implications, ensuring that projects not only avoid harm but also contribute positively to sustainability goals.

• 2.1. Greening and the intervention cycle
  • 2.1.1. Overview
  • 2.1.2. Greening EU cooperation: obligations and the green lens approach
  • 2.1.3. Greening programming
  • 2.1.4. Annual action planning: greening identification
  • 2.1.5. Greening formulation
  • 2.1.6. Greening implementation
  • 2.1.7. Greening evaluation
• 2.2. Greening budget support
  • 2.2.1. Background to greening budget support
  • 2.2.2. Main entry points in greening budget support operations
• 2.3. Greening investments
  • 2.3.1. Background to greening investments
  • 2.3.2. Main entry points in greening blended finance
  • 2.3.3. Main entry points in greening budgetary guarantees
  • 2.3.4. Greening the contracting and monitoring of investments
  • 2.3.5. Greening evaluations: learning from greening of blending and guarantees
  • 2.3.6. Seeking more effective greening of investments at national level: promoting upstream opportunities
• 2.4. Greening policy dialogue
  • 2.4.1. Background to greening policy dialogue
  • 2.4.2. Key measures to green the policy dialogue
• 2.5. Greening project and office management