Network name: Climate Change Knowledge Network Scope: Global Geographic region: Global Central Coordinator Location - City: Winnipeg, Manitoba Central Coordinator Location - Country: Canada Principal focus: Critical thinking Organization type: NGO Year started: 1998 Short description*: “The Climate Change Knowledge Network brings together expertise, experience and perspectives from research institutes in developing and developed countries active in the area of climate change. It provides a forum for rigorous research on the issues within the international climate change structure and a means for furthering dialogue between countries as they undertake efforts to address climate change.” Focus and description*: "The Climate Change Knowledge Network (CCKN) came together in 1998 to increase the exchange of knowledge and research expertise between developed and developing countries on climate change-related activities and to make this knowledge accessible to all countries of the world. Through the cross fertilization of ideas and collaborative efforts between and among members of the network, the CCKN strives to strengthen the pool of knowledge on climate change that can be fed into the international policy process. The member organizations of the CCKN collectively seek to: - promote a more effective, sustainable and equitable climate change regime through capacity building, research and communication on issues such as the Kyoto mechanisms, adaptation and technology transfer; - improve dialogue and exchange among industrialized and developing countries in an effort to enhance understanding of the linkages between climate change and sustainable development in all regions; and - develop the capacity of its own member organizations to create and communicate policy-relevant, country- and region-specific knowledge on climate change. The CCKN puts a particular emphasis on using its unique combination of substantive, technical and geographic expertise and perspectives to develop the capacity of developing countries to respond to climate change in a manner consistent with their own sustainable development priorities." Funding Source: CICERO, Norway; IISD, Canada; IVM, The Netherlands; SEI, Sweden; Center for Sustainable Development in the Americas (CSDA), US; World Resource Institute, US Contact details: Joe-Ellen Parry: jparry@iisd.ca Jodi Brown: jbrowne@iisd.ca Email:   Website: http://www.cckn.net

Please note that while all networks have a diverse agenda, the "Principal focus" criteria was a judgment call as to what the dominant focus was.

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