Knowledge for Climate Action: A Manifesto for Change

A Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) public event with the Climate Knowledge Brokers (CKB) Group

Climate information was once the domain of modellers and scientists. Nowadays, as the world wakes up to the extent to which our lives, jobs and environment will be affected by climate change, everyone is becoming a climate decision-maker in some way.

From government policy-makers and industry chiefs to everyday consumers and voters, information is going to be needed to make the right decisions on how to address climate change. Where will it come from and how will people make sense of the growing ocean of climate information being produced every year? This is where knowledge brokers fit in, bridging the gap between producers and users of information and tailoring it so it is relevant and useable.

The Climate Knowledge Brokers (CKB) Group consists of more than 100 international agencies and programmes providing climate information. At this event, it will launch a ‘Manifesto’ to call for joined-up action to meet the massive climate knowledge challenges ahead – and especially after nations meet in Paris in December to hammer out a new global climate deal. The ‘Manifesto’ will set out seven key principles for how climate knowledge brokers can have greater impact through collaboration and the use of open data. The CKB Group is calling for adoption of these principles - to turn knowledge into action.

Speakers:

Florian Bauer, COO & Director of “Open Knowledge”, REEEP

Other speakers will be confirmed nearer the date.

Chair:
Geoff Barnard, Knowledge Management Strategy Advisor, CDKN

Agenda:
10.00 – 10.30 Registration, coffee and pastries
10.30 – 11.30 Panel Discussion and global live-stream starts for international audience

• Welcome
• Introductions
• Presentation on CKB Group and Manifesto
• Commentators
• Q&A and discussion

11.30 – 12.00 Time for networking

This event will be held at the Overseas Development Institute offices in London, UK and will also be live-streamed on the website.