Dyszynski: Scaling up local knowledge using innovative online knowledge management tools

Sharing information on climate adaptation

Knowledge sharing opportunities, synthesis of Knowledge sharing opportunities, synthesis of lessons learned and communication of climate lessons learned and communication of climate

adaptation stories adaptation stories

Identified needsIdentified needs

– Linking top to bottom, bottom to top!• Connecting policy with ground, and vice versa

– Connect international research with practitioners – learn about knowledge networks– increase knowledge sharing capacity– improve collaboration– build on existing research, avoid replication– collective ownership – downscaled climate data

Why weADAPT?Why weADAPT?

• Going Going beyondbeyond knowledge sharing knowledge sharing

• IntegratingIntegrating knowledge in intelligent ways knowledge in intelligent ways [1][1]

• Ensuring it is from a variety of credible sourcesEnsuring it is from a variety of credible sources

• Linking communities of practice with scientific Linking communities of practice with scientific research (e.g. video story)research (e.g. video story)

[1] Using semantic technology to recognise relationships between content

Why weADAPT?Why weADAPT?

• Find individuals and organizationsFind individuals and organizations

• Information is easy to access and shareInformation is easy to access and share

• Learn about innovative methods and toolsLearn about innovative methods and tools

• Communicate information on climate change in a Communicate information on climate change in a visual wayvisual way

• Low bandwidth optionsLow bandwidth options

Target audienceTarget audience

NGO communityNGO communityResearch organisationsResearch organisationsMedia (not sensationalizing but building upon local Media (not sensationalizing but building upon local

knowledge and resilience)knowledge and resilience)Donors (to influence more long-term donor strategies Donors (to influence more long-term donor strategies

rather than short term projects) and other rather than short term projects) and other implementing agencies.implementing agencies.

Key ServicesKey Services

Connects stakeholders across scales – micro/macroConnects stakeholders across scales – micro/macroSpatial perspectiveSpatial perspectiveFully Fully integrated integrated knowledge management – capturing knowledge management – capturing

relationships between content relationships between content User ‘owned’ content to promote sharing – your logos User ‘owned’ content to promote sharing – your logos

and design!and design!Customization – different levels of users and Customization – different levels of users and

knowledge partnerknowledge partner

User typesUser types

Browser – no signup requiredBrowser – no signup required Individual – signup Individual – signup Knowledge partner – contributes initiative contentKnowledge partner – contributes initiative contentKnowledge platform development partner – e.g. Knowledge platform development partner – e.g.

CIFOR Congo Basin project, Oxfam, etc.CIFOR Congo Basin project, Oxfam, etc.

Increase the exposure of your work and that of your partners

Kenya Story at Copenhagen, 2009: Wangari Maathai

Add adaptation projects to the weADAPT Google Earth Browser and search for what others are doing!

High and low bandwidth options

Edit placemarks within the browser – no need for spreadsheets (as with Google Earth)

Make edits...and immediately preview changes

For large amounts of data, generate a flexible custom-made spreadsheet

Using search terms you are interested in and create adaptation stories (example Kenya Story)

Low bandwidth view of Google Earth data

points

Placemarks are meaningfully integrated in our Knowledge Base, creating intelligent links with other data

There is a brand new user-friendly interface for wikiADAPT

wikiADAPT is also intelligently integrated in the Knowledge Base

All this data is linked in to all other relevant content including articles, projects, individuals, partner organisations and networks

E.g. weADAPT links people in relevant networks and relevant documents.

Or if the search term was ‘drought in Kenya’ it would link people writing on this issue, or those who have registered an interest in it.

Link to people interested in the same issues and grow your network

Connecting YOU to people already working in your area of interest

Strengthen and create links in your knowledge network – bringing knowledge and organisations together in an integrated way

To experience it, register at weADAPT.org and create a profile about who you are and what you are interested in….

This will allow relevant content including articles, placemarks, projects, individuals, partner organisations and networks to intelligently find you in a context-relevant way

Next stepsNext steps

•Integrating blogs and collaborative writingIntegrating blogs and collaborative writing•Offline accessOffline access

Questions we are trying Questions we are trying to exploreto explore• In what ways can we representIn what ways can we represent

both high quality scientific and local both high quality scientific and local knowledge?knowledge?

• How do we build trust and break down How do we build trust and break down barriers in sharing?barriers in sharing?

• How do we encourage this knowledge to be How do we encourage this knowledge to be usedused??

Register at weADAPT.org! – Next launch – April 8, 2011Register at weADAPT.org! – Next launch – April 8, 2011

sukaina.bharwani@sei.sesukaina.bharwani@sei.se

E.g. Adaptation Economics in Agriculture

• IIED, SEI, GCAP Initiative• 5 country case study across Africa and Asia,

implemented by local partners• Exploring 5 different agricultural systems and the

economics of climate impacts and adaptation strategies• Sharing experiences across diverse country contexts

and livelihood systems• Linking local experiences with national policy • Integrating ‘envelops’ of climate change

Case countries and systems

Country System type

Tanzania Extensive livestock

Nepal Highland mixed

Malawi Maize mixed

Rwanda Tree (coffee-banana) crop

Bangladesh Rice based

Rwanda example

Changes in Max TemperatureChanges in Max Temperature

Overall project goals

• Methodological development

• Country case study research

• Up-scaling of country results to global level messages

• Global level analysis of climate change and agricultural policy

• Communication to country and global stakeholders

Key components of country cases

• Local (community and district) level case study primary research

• National level policy and economic analysis of agriculture

• Stakeholder engagement and workshops