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Knowledge-sharing programme for low carbon energy and low carbon development

Knowledge-sharing programme for low carbon energy and low carbon development at the community-level Dr. Frauke Urban* and Dr. Keith Tyrell** *Climate Change and Development Centre, IDS ** The Koru Foundation 10 th November 2009, London. Content.

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Knowledge-sharing programme for low carbon energy and low carbon development

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  1. Knowledge-sharing programme for low carbon energy and low carbon development at the community-level Dr. Frauke Urban* and Dr. Keith Tyrell** *Climate Change and Development Centre, IDS ** The Koru Foundation 10th November 2009, London

  2. Content • Overview of knowledge-sharing programme • Aims • Approaches • Needs • First steps for pilot study: China • Planned activities • Audience • Expected outcomes • Challenges

  3. 1. Aim • Make information available to promote the access to and scaling-up of low carbon technologies • Low carbon technologies: focus mainly on renewable energy • Allow practitioners and researchers to share their experience and knowledge of community-scale low carbon energy

  4. 2. Knowledge-sharing programme • Online forum for community level knowledge sharing • Directory of downloadable resources including: • Manuals • Resource assessment tools • Best practice guidance • Research • Programme of meetings and seminars • Material and information packs to promote learning, also for those without access to internet

  5. 3. Need • There is a gap in information provision: knowledge about low carbon energy and low carbon development is still very limited at the community-level • Number of organisations working on low carbon energy systems and low carbon development is growing • Research into delivery models is increasing • But no central platform to collect and disseminate knowledge and growing experience at the community-level

  6. 4. How will it work? • Create a network of organisations and individuals working on / interested in community-scale renewable energy systems • Develop an on-line database and resource centre providing information for free • Newsletters and briefing notes • Action-oriented research programme to populate the database and address problems identified by the network • Pilot study to test and refine the concept

  7. 5. First steps for pilot study: China • Piloting knowledge-sharing programme: joint initiative IDS & Koru • Early stage: suggestions / cooperation • No knowledge-sharing networks on low carbon exist in China • Perceived need for it at the Chinese level • Chinese government has ambitious national plans to promote low carbon energy and low carbon development, high reliance on coal

  8. 6. Planned activities • Partners in China: Tsinghua University • Seed funder: IDS • Seed funding will cover initial set-up costs for pilot • Need for other partners and co-funders to fully conduct pilot • 3 long-term components: • Knowledge-sharing platform • Face-to-face meetings and seminars • Research programme

  9. 6. Planned activities: pilot knowledge-sharing platform • Time frame: November 2009 – June 2010 • Aim is to share knowledge on community-scale low carbon energy and low carbon development in China • Web 2.0 platform with forums and social networking • Provision of tool kits and case studies for low carbon energy and low carbon development free of charge • Translations and monitoring by Chinese colleagues

  10. 7. Audience • Pilot platform aims to reach people that have access to internet. • Can be people in rural and urban communities (practitioners, researchers) • Role of businesses, industries and policy-makers to be discussed • Platform can be used as a way of informing and influencing • Possibility to embed platform in existing websites would be of great advantage

  11. 8. Expected outcomes • Dissemination of information on a) community-scale low carbon energy systems in China and b) strategies and examples of how to achieve low carbon development. • Exchange of experiences between participants. • Contributes to improved understanding of low carbon energy and development and South-South / North-South cooperation.

  12. 9. Challenges • Overcome the language barrier between English and Chinese – to create a platform used by Chinese. • To create an interactive platform that involves users to upload own research and discuss existing research and tools. • To involve various stakeholders, for example researchers, practitioners, policy makers, industrial stakeholders and NGOs. • Develop this pilot in cooperation with already existing platforms and networks.

  13. Thank you for your attention

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