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KM for Climate Change

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

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So, what’s on in the knowledge management scene for climate change? Who are the “thought leaders” regarding KM for climate change? A first round tour:

WorldChanging is always a good place to start and a top site for sustainable solutions. However, the search shows no hits for “knowledge management”.

Grist is the #1 green website according to the Guardian. Same picture here: no content for “knowledge management”.

RealClimate offers a forum for climate scientists. Also, no content on “knowledge management”.

KMAfrica seems to be an excellent knowledge sharing platform. Going to have a closer look at it during the upcoming weeks.

Climate-L.org is another interesting site from a “team of the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Reporting Services (IISD RS) brings you news and information on the actions of international organizations in responding to the problem of global climate change.”

KM is too generic, let’s focus on KM for Sustainability

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Eventually, I would like to combine two of my professional passions: “knowledge management” and “sustainability”. I studied environmental sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and worked six years for an environmental management consulting company, mostly on international cooperation projects focussing on sustainable development issues.

I decided to pursue my growing second passion and started as a knowledge management consultant back in 2000. I’ve been with my current employer for nearly three years working as the knowledge manager for the 600-employee business transformation consulting group of SAP consulting.