1. Building the capacity of Climate Knowledge Brokers

2. CKB’s vision
is a world in which people make climate sensitive decisions fully informed by the best available climate knowledge.
It describes what we think is important to achieve a bold vision: how to get a world in which people make climate-sensitive decisions fully informed by the best available climate knowledge.

3. Climate knowledge brokers improve the availability of climate change information for decision-making
Chains of ‘knowledge brokers’ act as filters, interfaces and translators
Across different disciplines, fields and sectors.
Range of methods and communication approaches to meet users’ needs

4. Goal of Climate Knowledge Brokers
To make climate knowledge more accessible & used in decision making processes
Planning and implementing NDCs, NAPs, etc.
Policies on development, land use, energy, transport, etc.
Business decisions of the private sector
Members of the CKB Group support these processes where they can

5. 100s OF CLIMATE KNOWLEDGE BROKERS

6. Capacity Building for climate knowledge brokers

7. Why?
“How do I become a climate knowledge broker?”
Unlock capacities towards CKBs vision
Sharing best practices, lessons learned

8. Challenges of CKBs Capacity Building
It's a broad field - how to organize, where to focus?
Who is our target audience?
What do they need?
How can we reach them?

9. Capacity Building within CKB: examples

10. Interactive Workshops
What do we know? What have we learned? How can we help?
Develop new approaches together
Highly interactive, small groups
Climate Knowledge Sharing Clinics
‘Patients’ bring a challenge to the table
‘Doctors’ diagnose and suggest solutions

11. Collaboration: Joint Projects
CKB promotes collaborative projects
Benefits:
Getting to know your counterparts
Know who is good at what
Learn from others’ experience
Learning by doing
Example CT
Funded by CDKN
Lead by REEEP
Partners included NREL, IDS, SEI (and their platforms)
Technical development by Semantic Web Company
Follow Up projects with many others

12. Other Resources Webinars Books & Articles
Videos about climate knowledge brokers and brokering
Developed in collaboration and with input from climate knowledge brokers!

13. Capacity Building Examples of Members
NREL / Clean Energy Solutions Center (CESC)
Webinars
“Ask an Expert”
NDC Cluster (GIZ, WRI, SSN, UNDP, LEDS, CDKN)
NDC Helpdesk

14. Capacity Building Examples of Members
CARE: Adaptation Learning Programme
Participatory Scenario Planning: process for collective sharing and interpretation of climate forecasts.
CTCN / UNFCCC
Technical Assistance
LEDS GP
Annual workshops, regional workshops
Remote Expert Assistance on LEDS (REAL)

15. Who to work with for successful NDC implementation?
All sectors and levels
For a committed project, you need buy in from all involved
Pay close attention to audience and their needs
Same content, but
Other messaging and language needs
Different communication channels

16. The Challenges of Limited Resources
Lessons from CKB:
Do what you can with what you have
Leverage co-hosting and co-development where possible
Don’t reinvent the wheel
Collaborate for extended learning
Use multiplier effects from partners