Breaking the Barriers to Knowledge Transfer Among Researchers and Stakeholders for Climate Adaptation
Abstract
Adaptation to climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time and will require innovative and inclusive approaches to more efficiently and effectively connect researchers, science translators, and decision-makers to apply relevant knowledge, data, and practices as we create more resilient communities. Using the novel Cognitive City® software platform, developed by Exaptive, Inc., we have started designing and building an accessible and inclusive virtual community network of climate change specialists to innovate virtual approaches to adaptation. This virtual environment enables rapid problem solving through a collaborative, data-driven platform. The software visually organizes and maps researcher attributes (e.g., disciplines, demographics) and research artifacts (e.g., methods, tools, interests, datasets, reports) for the members of the community and applies artificial intelligence algorithms to identify and explore relevant collaborations among members as they tackle complex problems across different physical landscapes. In this manner, experts and stakeholders can find one another easily, regardless of distance or existing social networks, and focus on solutions. In addition, researchers can access, analyze, and share big data, including future projections of physical variables, and other relevant data, products, publications, best practices, ideas, questions, and solutions. Tools within the platform facilitate both how members can visually portray connections and relationships among experts, stakeholders and the knowledge they are utilizing. These assets and connections can help increase the pace of climate adaptation through more timely and effective connections to the expertise, experience, and information needed to plan for climate change and its local impacts. Lessons learned from other cultures and places can be synthesized and shared broadly, especially during a time when travel is restricted due to the pandemic. This virtual expert community has the potential to transform how climate information becomes transparent, makes it into the hands of stakeholders and can accelerate and amplify their ability to apply that information with its associated expert guidance.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020AGUFMSY029..07R
- Keywords:
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- 1920 Emerging informatics technologies;
- INFORMATICS