always interesting work from heeks... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Heeks <richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk> Date: Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 06:15 Subject: ICTs, Climate Change and Development: New Concept Paper and Scoping Study To: "richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk" <richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk> Two new documents on ICTs, climate change and development are available online at: http://www.niccd.org/resources.htm Concept Paper: builds four new conceptual models - i) Climate change vulnerability in developing countries; ii) Climate change adaptation and adaptive capacity of communities and wider 'livelihood systems'; iii) Climate change resilience; iv) The contribution of ICTs to 'e-resilience' and 'e-adaptation'.  The models can be used as the foundation for research, consulting and strategy on ICTs and climate change. Scoping Study: charts strands and trends in the literature on ICTs, climate change and development, and develops an overview model of the key ICT application areas - mitigation, strategy, monitoring and adaptation.  The scoping study identifies priorities for future research in this field, provides a glossary of field terms, and includes an annotated bibliography of key documents from 1997-2010. These documents are the product of the University of Manchester's "Climate Change, Innovation and ICTs" research project, funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre (http://www.idrc.ca) and managed by the University's Centre for Development Informatics (http://www.manchester.ac.uk/cdi). We encourage you to share ideas on ICTs, climate change and development via http://groups.google.co.uk/group/niccd and comment on key issues at: http://niccd.wordpress.com Richard Heeks & Angelica Ospina Climate Change, Innovation and ICTs Research Project Centre for Development Informatics School of Environment and Development University of Manchester, UK http://www.manchester.ac.uk/cdi