Nexus for ICTs, Climate Change and Development
Case Studies


Case studies on various areas of ICTs, climate change and development are presented here.  Each one follows a consistent format, outlining the nature of the ICT application, the drivers and objectives behind the case, its stakeholders, an evaluation of cost/benefit and success/failure, analysis of key enablers and challenges, and a summary set of lessons learned and recommendations.

 

Topic Area

Case Studies

A. ICTs, Climate Change and Disaster Management

A1. Pakreport: Crowdsourcing for Multipurpose and Multicategory Climate-Related Disaster Reporting

A2. Role of ICTs in Early Warning of Climate-Related Disasters: A Sri Lankan Case Study

A3. Using Mobile Phones to Reduce the Adversities of Climate Change in Rural Nepal

B. New ICT Routes to Climate Change Adaptation

B1. Participatory Video for Monitoring and Evaluation of Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change

B2. ICT-Enabled Knowledge Sharing in North-South Partnerships: Lessons from the AfricaAdapt Network

C. ICTs and Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change

C1. e-Arik: Using ICTs to Facilitate "Climate-Smart Agriculture" among Tribal Farmers of North-East India

C2. An ICT-Based Community Plant Clinic for Climate-Resilient Agricultural Practices in Bangladesh

C3. Using Radio to Improve Local Responses to Climate Variability: The Case of Alpaca Farmers in the Peruvian Andes

C4. ICT-Enabled Knowledge Brokering for Farmers in Coastal Areas of Bangladesh

D. ICTs and Climate Change Mitigation

D1. Combining Local Radio and Mobile Phones to Promote Climate Stewardship

D2. Reducing Carbon Emissions through Videoconferencing: An Indian Case Study

D3. Mitigating ICT-Related Carbon Emissions: Using Renewable Energy to Power Base Stations in Africa's Mobile Telecommunications Sector

E. ICTs and Climate Change Monitoring

E1. ICT-Based Monitoring of Climate Change-Related Deforestation: The Case of INPE in the Brazilian Amazon

E2. Improving Access to Mapping, Modelling and Scenario-Building Technology in Climate-Vulnerable Regions: Learning from ClimSAT

E3. Learning from Egypt's Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Systems

F. ICTs and Climate Change Strategy

F1. Using ICTs to Integrate Frontline Views into Strategic Planning for Climate Change

F2. Supporting Strategic Decision-Making on Climate Change Through Environmental Information Systems: The Case of ENVIS

F3. Building the Evidence Base for Strategic Action on Climate Change: Mexico City's Virtual Climate Change Centre

F4. PRECIS: Regional Climate Modelling for Adaptation and Development Planning

 


 

Categorisation by Region

Case Studies

Africa

Egypt: Learning from Egypt's Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Systems

Zambia: Combining Local Radio and Mobile Phones to Promote Climate Stewardship

Latin America

Brazil: ICT-Based Monitoring of Climate Change-Related Deforestation: The Case of INPE in the Brazilian Amazon

Mexico: Building the Evidence Base for Strategic Action on Climate Change: Mexico City's Virtual Climate Change Centre

Peru: Using Radio to Improve Local Responses to Climate Variability: The Case of Alpaca Farmers in the Peruvian Andes

South Asia

Bangladesh: An ICT-Based Community Plant Clinic for Climate-Resilient Agricultural Practices in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: ICT-Enabled Knowledge Brokering for Farmers in Coastal Areas of Bangladesh

India: e-Arik: Using ICTs to Facilitate "Climate-Smart Agriculture" among Tribal Farmers of North-East India

India: Reducing Carbon Emissions through Videoconferencing: An Indian Case Study

India: Supporting Strategic Decision-Making on Climate Change Through Environmental Information Systems: The Case of ENVIS

Nepal: Using Mobile Phones to Reduce the Adversities of Climate Change in Rural Nepal

Pakistan: Pakreport: Crowdsourcing for Multipurpose and Multicategory Climate-Related Disaster Reporting

Sri Lanka: Role of ICTs in Early Warning of Climate-Related Disasters: A Sri Lankan Case Study

Multi-Country

Africa: Mitigating ICT-Related Carbon Emissions: Using Renewable Energy to Power Base Stations in Africa's Mobile Telecommunications Sector

Africa/UK: ICT-Enabled Knowledge Sharing in North-South Partnerships: Lessons from the AfricaAdapt Network

Global: Improving Access to Mapping, Modelling and Scenario-Building Technology in Climate-Vulnerable Regions: Learning from ClimSAT

Global: Using ICTs to Integrate Frontline Views into Strategic Planning for Climate Change

Global South/UK: PRECIS: Regional Climate Modelling for Adaptation and Development Planning

Southern/Eastern Africa: Participatory Video for Monitoring and Evaluation of Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change

 


The "Climate Change, Innovation and ICTs" project is coordinated by the University of Manchester's Centre for Development Informatics.  The project is funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre.

 

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 http://www.niccd.org/casestudies.htm  February 2012