The 550 MW Topaz Solar Farm in California, USA (Credit: NASA)

The past month has seen the publication of a number of reports concerning renewable energy and energy efficiency. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in particular released a number of interesting publications on the current state and the future of solar energy, to coincide with their #summerofsolar campaign. The NewsREEEP Renewables Roundup provides a synthesis of the most exciting findings.

The Climate Knowledge Brokers Manifesto

Society is only now grasping the full extent to which our lives, jobs and environment are sensitive to a changing climate. Effective decision making will be needed in many areas if we are to build a climate resilient future.

The Making of The Climate Knowledge Brokers Manifesto

"There was a time when I and many of my colleagues went in search of moral victories by converting other people to our points of view. The better part of knowledge brokering, however, is to communicate ideas in the languages and in the value systems of the audience."William Becker, Executive Director, Presidential Climate Action Project

Connecting climate knowledge – talking about a revolution

Natural-color image of sea ice off the coast of East Antarctica’s Princess Astrid Coast (Image courtesy of NASA)
A quiet revolution is happening in the climate information world, in what feels like a remarkable outbreak of collaboration, innovation and joined-up thinking.

Let’s hear it for the curators

Geoff Barnard, Strategic Advisor for Knowledge Management, Climate and Development Knowldge Network, has been working with website managers who pull together climate and development information from many sources – ‘climate knowledge brokers’ – to find ways they can coordinate among each other and make information easier to find by end users.

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Renewable Energy Farming Solutions in Nicaragua:Tecnosol

Solar Powered Dairy Refrigeration in Bangladesh: Enerplus

Solar Powered Multi-Use Cold Storage in Uganda: Station Energy

Solar-Powered Irrigation in Kenya: Futurepump

Solar-Powered Irrigation in Kenya: SunCulture

REEEP July Renewables Roundup: Summer of Solar

The Climate Knowledge Brokers Manifesto

The Making of The Climate Knowledge Brokers Manifesto

Connecting climate knowledge – talking about a revolution

Let’s hear it for the curators

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