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(Reminder: projects must have proof of being over 3 months old)", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "number", "answer": "0", "hidden": false, "question": "Total prior funding for the project in USD", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "0", "hidden": false, "question": "Please expand on how much funding you\u2019ve received from each funding source and when? (VC, grants by foundation, token sales, etc)", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "number", "answer": "2", "hidden": false, "question": "Total team size", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Mars: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marsrobertson/ \u2b1b\ufe0f Many years working towards resolving the climate situation \u2b1b\ufe0f COP23 24 26 \u2b1b\ufe0f 2017: co-initiating co-working co-living space focused on radical solutions \u2b1b\ufe0f 2019: book about complete system change and policies: https://genesis.re/book \ud83d\udfe9 Daniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihai-daniel/ \u2b1b\ufe0f Founder of https://www.anuinitiative.org/ \u2b1b\ufe0f Specialising in contracts / project management / compliance", "hidden": false, "question": "List the team Name/Role/Experience/Socials ", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Climate crisis is driven by GHG emissions that are not priced accordingly. Markets are not efficient due to free allowances, subsidies and not accounting for the true / full / real cost. \n\nThis is the exact issue that we are addressing: providing tools and methodologies that enable true / full / real cost accounting for CO2 that include impact, externalities, cobenefits.\n\nAdditionally, we are organising all the existing carbon credits standards / frameworks / methodologies: [see this page](https://basex.notion.site/Carbon-Credit-Markets-94abec41f8b34a2889cafd3fbc84c76c)", "hidden": false, "question": "Please explain how your project is a part of the solution to the Climate crisis.", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "link", "answer": "https://gap.karmahq.xyz/project/impactevaluationfoundation-ief", "hidden": false, "question": "Please provide a link to your GG20 Karma GAP link. (Reminder that you need to provide two milestones with updates.)", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The project is relatively new so please have understanding about the current impact.\n\n* Gathering the biggest \ud83e\udde0 in the space: https://t.me/ImpactEval\n* Internal infra, becoming ready to get rolling at scale\n* Seeding the [wiki knowledge base](https://basex.notion.site/Impact-Evaluation-Foundation-wiki-knowledge-base-baca08ae757842898421a9c5348ca776?pvs=4) on Notion: ", "hidden": false, "question": "Please provide 2-3 top impacts your project had in the past 12 months. You can use the CCN Metrics Garden (https://climatecoordination.org/climate-solutions-metrics-garden-1) or use your project-specific metrics. Examples: Number of Trees planted, Total forest area protected, Amount of Carbon sequestered, Carbon sequestration from regenerated soil, Etc.", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Oracles & DMRV", "hidden": false, "question": "Which of these categories best represents your project? Choose from: ", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Somewhere in the Metaverse", "hidden": false, "question": "Location/Region where the project is located: Choose from: ", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Somewhere in the Metaverse", "hidden": false, "question": "Primary Location/Region where the project is making an impact: Choose from: ", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you read and confirmed your grant abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy? ", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you read and confirmed your grant abides by the GG21 Climate Solution Round Eligibility Criteria?", "questionId": 15}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to future messages from the Climate Coordination Network (CCN) for updates, information, and/or interviews? ", "questionId": 16}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to us sharing your information with select third-parties for investment opportunities? ", "questionId": 17}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to be included in an additional 150k sub-round funded by Shell? All grantees must agree to a KYC process to be eligible to receive these funds. ", "questionId": 18}], "project": {"id": "0xcad1a6beaa938fe34acd0afa4193a345b5cccdab775c2246b9dd56cb6b1d7f5d", "title": "ImpactEvaluation.Foundation (IEF)", "logoImg": "bafkreiaazarh7r73jlbcojpw6a7lp5zptw5lji4qbpqved2cucwh47dolm", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreibby75lsvv5phn3m2c6736ypukshl76dhtoitgu4lwv4vg4ulj3pq", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://ImpactEvaluation.Foundation", "bannerImg": "bafybeics5m6pr2gl7rkptv7k5gx6j6dlvgps6wnyvckpsxttmbhv6junu4", "createdAt": 1722768575895, "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..z-igr6DUa0-ePbhv4T9DNnI2wOeWNVe8sUgbRybGbFyLRoezfazAsP_LyhTjALmGleL8PTF4iysfioksr8TbAA", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2024-08-04T10:56:23.592Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2024-08-04T10:56:23.592Z", "expirationDate": "2024-11-02T10:56:23.592Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xB7C41cC31Ae1b2073e41D906306e1a88AD550b4b", "hash": "v0.0.0:a4nEcxX4Ccf6rMofABZjgl9WwNKjj6lABLgjvsVMwvg=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#ImpactEvalFDN"}}}, "description": "# Does exactly what says on the tin\n\nIEF (Impact Evaluation Foundation) has ambition to become the Schelling point for all things related to impact evaluation.\n\nWe exists to organise ([knowledge base wiki](https://basex.notion.site/Impact-Evaluation-Foundation-wiki-knowledge-base-baca08ae757842898421a9c5348ca776?pvs=4)), document, cross-pollinate the best practices in the theme of MRV (measurement, reporting, verification), impact, evaluation, externalities, cobenefits.\n\nEquipped with these tools and knowledge, markets can become more efficient by accounting for the full cost, without externalising it to nature, vulnerable communities, future generations.\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/laPG9Qe.jpeg[/img])\n\nStill frame from a great video about **True Cost Accounting**: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sej0w33BW2E\n\n# History / background of the project\n\nThe IEF (ImpactEvaluation.Foundation) was initiated during GG20 Let\u2019s Grow Live Twitter spaces\u2026 Many hours of conversations / research / brainstorming led to that moment.\n\nWe are all about impact evaluation in a fully transparent, collaborative, open-source, creative commons, Public Good from the start.\n\nWe also believe that getting started (however imperfect), sharing the lessons, improving along the way is much better than the existing status quo. We do not have all the answers yet but we know where we are heading.\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/FIjnMYM.png)\n\n# Detailed plan of action / milestones / roadmap\n\nThis grant application outlines a comprehensive strategy to create a robust, open-source platform that facilitates best practices in impact verification.\n\nWe aim to provide a Public Good by developing a collaborative knowledge base, training programs, and a marketplace that connects impact verifiers with organisations needing verification services.\n\n### 1. Creating a wiki knowledge base\n**Objective:** Establish an open-source knowledge base that consolidates articles, tools, frameworks, protocols, companies, best practices, involved in ecological impact verification (MRV). \n**Components:**\n* Comprehensive Database: Gather and document tools, metrics, frameworks, companies, organisations, protocols, everything in the ecological impact space.\n* Best Practices Documentation: Provide detailed guidelines for various types of ecological impact verification. For example:\n    * Tree Planting Verification: Guidelines on checking the spacing of planted trees, survival rates over time, etc.\n    * Soil Health Monitoring: Methods to assess soil composition, fertility, and health post-intervention.\n    * Water Quality Assessment: Protocols for measuring changes in water quality in ecosystems.\n    * Biodiversity Surveys: Techniques for evaluating the impact on local biodiversity.\n \n**Benefits:** Create a publicly accessible resource that supports and enhances the efforts of impact evaluators, researchers, lawmakers, and organisations, ensuring transparency and standardisation in ecological impact assessment.\n\nIn the initial stages focus is on ecology / climate / environment and collaboration with EBF (ecological benefits framework): https://ebfcommons.org/  Long term, our goal as IEF is to be comprehensive and account for all sorts of impact: healthcare, education, finance, infrastructure, everything.\n\n### 2. Training program for impact verifiers\n**Objective:** Develop a training program that equips impact verifiers with the necessary skills and knowledge.\n**Components:**\n* Accessible Learning Platform: Provide a user-friendly platform accessible from any device, featuring video content and interactive modules.\n* Curriculum Development: Cover key topics such as impact measurement methodologies, data analysis, reporting standards, and use of the platform.\n* Practical Training: Include real-life case studies and scenarios to ensure practical understanding.\n* Certification: Offer certification upon successful completion, enhancing the credibility and employability of participants.\n\n**Benefits:** Build a global pool of qualified impact verifiers capable of conducting reliable and accurate assessments, fostering a standard of excellence in the field.\n\n### 3. Marketplace for impact verification services\n**Objective:** Design, develop, test and launch a marketplace for impact verification services, connecting verifiers with organisations needing verification.\n**Stakeholders:**\n* Impact Verifiers: Individuals who have completed the training program and are certified to conduct impact verifications.\n* Organisations: Companies requiring impact verification services, such as carbon credit companies, investors, and other stakeholders.\n\n**Features:**\n* Smart Contracts: Use blockchain technology to facilitate secure and transparent transactions between verifiers and organisations.\n* Reputation System: Implement a reputation-based system and leaderboard to incentivize accuracy and reliability among verifiers.\n* Impact Verification Marketplace: Provide a platform where organisations can find and hire qualified verifiers for their projects.\n\n**Benefits:** Create an efficient, transparent marketplace that fosters trust and accountability, ensuring high standards in ecological impact verification.\n\n### 4. Initial implementation and feedback loop\n**Objective:** Start with Mars (one of the co-initiators) as the first impact verifier to pilot the process and gather feedback.\n\n**Components:**\n* Mars will conduct initial impact verifications and write detailed reports, most likely locally in the UK\n* Lessons learned will be used to improve the wiki, training program, and platform.\n\n**Benefits:** Continuous improvement of resources and processes, informed by real-world experience. Cross-pollination of best regen practices between projects.\n\n# Timing that makes it possible\n\n* Urgency and awareness of the climate change: timing\n* Data: satellites, drones, IoT sensors\n* Ability to process it: machine learning, AI\n* Trust, transparency, immutability: blockchain\n* Community, crowdsourcing, incentives: token engineering\n* Business model and availability of funding: impact investment\n\nCheck the [TED talk](https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gross_the_single_biggest_reason_why_start_ups_succeed?subtitle=en): The single biggest reason why start-ups succeed. **TLDR:** Timing!\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/tHFewQk.png)\n\n# Existing impact\n\nThe project is relatively new so please have understanding about the current impact.\n\n* Gathering the biggest \ud83e\udde0 in the space: https://t.me/ImpactEval\n* Internal infra, becoming ready to get rolling at scale\n* Seeding the [wiki knowledge base](https://basex.notion.site/Impact-Evaluation-Foundation-wiki-knowledge-base-baca08ae757842898421a9c5348ca776?pvs=4) on Notion\n\n# Potential impact / impact metrics\n\n* Number of entries in the knowledge base wiki\n* Number of organisations using IEF\n* The % of global GDP that is being evaluated through IEF\n\nThis sounds like big hairy audacious goal / \"blue sky\" thinking but is not without merit.\n\nReasonable example: Onboard 10 organisations from Gitcoin / ReFi / Web3 ecosystem... Together they generate $100k in monetary value and $1m in cobenefits and $500k in avoided externalities. That's $1.6m in total and give 100 trillion global GDP that equals: 0.0000016%\n\nWe like this metric as it is ambitious and provides a North Star towards onboarding more and more powerful organisations. Or even entire countries \ud83d\udcab  \n\nRegulatory and voluntary carbon markets are growing and we are almost certain that impact evaluation services will grow alongside with them:\n![](https://i.imgur.com/JZFWmSj.png)\n\n\n# Use of funds\n\nBased on the roadmap.\n\n* Rewarding most active contributors to the wiki (point 1)\n* Creation of the training programme (point 2)\n* Development of the marketplace (point 3)\n* Visiting projects on the ground, gathering their insights, analysing the data (point 4)\n\n# Public Good, transparent, open-source, creative commons\n\nThe only non-public piece information is password to the email that is shared across the team members\n\nWe are Public Good from the start. At the same time, we also have robust business model in place that will enable us to achieve economic sustainability: marketplace fee. Connecting verifiers with organisations needing verification.\n\n# Team and contact \u260e\ufe0f\n\nMany years in the climate space.\n\n* Lead: https://x.com/marsXRobertson\n* Collaborator: https://x.com/DanielofAnu/\n* Message us on Telegram: https://t.me/ImpactEval\n* Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/ImpactEvalFDN\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/QPKcfnw.jpeg)", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "ImpactEvalFDN"}, "recipient": "0xc46A721670736a7A968FE6D917Ce3e015c6740CB"}}