New Online Materials on ICTs, Climate Change and Development

Dr. Richard Heeks, at the Centre for Development Informatics (University of Manchester) and an associate of SIRCA I, provided the information the newly developed website, Nexus to ICTs, Climate Change and Development, to SIRCA.

http://www.niccd.org/ provides a repository of new materials on climate change, ICTs and developing countries including:

−        Two background papers that review the literature in this field, and propose a new framework for understanding ICTs, adaptation and “e-resilience”.

−        Seven thematic papers that summarise current evidence on ICTs, climate change and the topics of mitigation, adaptation, disaster management, strategy, governance, gender, and emergent technologies.

−        Nineteen project case studies that have been professionally edited for use in practitioner/strategy guidance, training materials, or research.

−        Four strategy briefs written for policy makers, strategic planners and senior researchers, that summarise conceptual and action-based priorities for use of ICTs in relation to climate change in developing countries.

−        A training guide for those who wish to run their own training workshop on ICTs, climate change and development.

We encourage you to share ideas on ICTs, climate change and development via http://groups.google.co.uk/group/niccd and comment on key issues at: http://niccd.wordpress.com

The case studies are the product of the University of Manchester’s “Climate Change, Innovation and ICTs” research project, funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (http://www.idrc.ca) and managed by the University’s Centre for Development Informatics (http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk).