The document discusses the weADAPT knowledge sharing platform for climate adaptation. It aims to go beyond simply sharing knowledge by integrating information intelligently from various credible sources and linking communities of practice with scientific research. The platform allows users to find other individuals and organizations working on similar issues, access and share information easily, learn from innovative methods and tools, and communicate climate change information visually. It integrates adaptation projects, data, stories and networks to facilitate collaboration and avoid duplication of efforts.

1. Sharing information
on climate adaptation

2. Knowledge sharing opportunities, synthesis of
lessons learned and communication of climate
adaptation stories

3. Identified needs
• learn about knowledge networks
• increase knowledge sharing capacity
• improve collaboration and
• build on existing research, avoid replication
• collective ownership
• linking different knowledge systems
• decision making knowledge
• downscaled climate data

4. Why weADAPT?
• Going beyond knowledge sharing
• Integrating knowledge in intelligent ways [1]
• Ensuring it is from a variety of credible sources
• Linking communities of practise with scientific
research (e.g. video story)
[1] Using semantic technology to recognise relationships between content

5. Why weADAPT?
• Find individuals and organizations
• Information is easy to access and share
• Learn about innovative methods and tools
• Communicate information on climate change in a
visual way
• Increase exposure of your work and that of partners

6. Levels of user access
• Shared and open access (creative
commons)
• Boundaries to preserve quality of
content

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

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

9. Using search terms you are interested in and create
adaptation stories (example video to be shown)

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

12. 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.

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

14. 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

15. Questions we are trying
to explore
• In what ways can we represent
both high quality scientific and local
knowledge?
• How do we build trust and break down
barriers in sharing?
• How do we encourage this knowledge to
be used?
Register at weADAPT.org! – Next launch – April 8, 2011
sukaina.bharwani@sei.se