Practical Action Consulting (PAC) is the consulting arm of Practical Action, an international non-governmental organisation that uses technology to challenge poverty in developing countries.
Farmer field schools
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Knowledge partnerKnowledge partnerCountry of registrationUnited KingdomRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberKnowledge PartnerSector(s) of expertiseAgricultureEarly warning and Environmental assessmentRenewable energyEnergy efficiency
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Knowledge partnerKnowledge partnerCountry of registrationSouth KoreaRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberKnowledge PartnerSector(s) of expertiseAgricultureAgriculture and forestryCarbon fixation and abatementEarly warning and Environmental assessmentRenewable energyEnergy efficiencyIndustryInfrastructure and Urban planningTransportWaste managementWater
Science and Technology Policy Institute have served as a top think tank in science and technology. Ranked top 16 in the 2015 Global Think Tank Rankings, STEPI guides the development of the national policy agenda and leads foresight research in Korea.
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Given the increased attention on resilience strengthening in international humanitarian and development work, there is a growing need to invest in its measurement and the overall accountability of âresilience strengtheningâ initiatives. The purpose of this article is to present our framework and tool for measuring community-level resilience to flooding and generating empirical evidence and to share our experience in the application of the resilience concept. At the time of writing the tool is being tested in 75 communities across eight countries.
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Building on the findings of the GeSI SMARTer2030 report, #SystemTransformation looks at how ICT will be instrumental in the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The report analyzes the current SDGs implementation gaps, identifies the key features that make ICT a fundamental tool to achieve the Goals, and provides a deep-dive into those Goals where the ICT contribution can be most immediate and important.
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The reports informs on what ten million people from low-income groups have gained from access to modern energy services, particularly in least developed countries. The positive impacts of the EnDev programme has been in reducing poverty and improving productive use of energy, in better living and health conditions for women and children, in better learning in schools (light, electric power), in job creation and, last not least, in saving of more than 950 000 tons of firewood and nearly a one million tons of CO2 emissions per year.
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Knowledge partnerCountry of registrationFranceRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberSector(s) of expertiseAgricultureEarly warning and Environmental assessmentRenewable energyForestryMarine and FisheriesWater
IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Research Institute for Development) - is a research organization based in France that is working with its partners in the South to address international development issues.
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Knowledge partnerCountry of registrationUnited StatesRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberSector(s) of expertiseAgriculture and forestryRenewable energyEnergy efficiencyForestryInfrastructure and Urban planningWater
School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan is a Research and academic institution established in 1950 with the mission to manage and conserve the Earth's resources on a sustainable basis.
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Knowledge partnerCountry of registrationFranceRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberSector(s) of expertiseAgricultureRenewable energyEnergy efficiencyForestry
ONF International (ONFI) is an environmental expertise cabinet specialising in the sustainable management of ecosystems (notably forest based) and thefight against global warming. ONFI provides both public and private players with integral and pragmatic solutions that help valorise the role of fo
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The demand for energy across the globe continues to grow. Cities account for approximately two thirds of energy consumed worldwide and 70 % of the greenhouse gas emissions related to people. Energy prices have experienced nothing but growth for years now. Even in places where prices for electricity and heating appear low from a customer standpoint, subsidies actually end up footing the bill in many cases, which are in turn covered by national budgets that are funded by tax payers.
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In public buildings lighting accounts for about 40% of the electricity costs. If you multiply this figure by the number of kindergartens, schools and universities, town halls, local government buildings and government departments, libraries, swimming pools and hospitals, then the total is enormous. Lighting in public buildings is currently consuming far more energy than necessary, with all the negative side-effects such as high running costs, electricity bottlenecks and damage to the climate. That can easily be changed.