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Climate Change Knowledge Network

Acronym: CCKN

Source of Information: Survey of Civil Society Networks 2001

A. Objectives

The network aims to contribute to a more effective, sustainable and equitable climate change regime.

B. Contact Information

Coordinator	Victoria Kellett
Title	Project Manager, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Telephone	613-238-9821
Fax	613-238-8515
Email	vkellett@iisd.ca
Website	www.cckn.net
Mailing Address	250 Albert St., Suite 1360, Ottawa, ON K1P 6M1 Canada

C. General Information

Founding year	1998
Legal Status	no legal status - informal network
Types of actions	- undertaking collaborative research and action on issues such as the Kyoto mechanisms, adaptation to climate change, and technology transfer; - building capacity in developing and developed countries to better understand and address climate change issues; and - communicating information and knowledge within and outside the network

D. Programs

Name	Goal	Approximate budget ($US)
Capacity Building for Negotiators	Build capacity of developing country negotiators to participate effectively in climate change negotiations	500,000
Vulnerability and Adaptation	Build capacity and create knowledge in developing countries on vulnerability, impacts and adaptation to climate change	400,000
Climate Compendium	Raise awareness and knowledge of climate change issues	100,000
Decentralized Renewable Energy	Build capacity and create knowledge in developing countries to increase energy supply, promote sustainable development and mitigate climate change	N/A
Kyoto Mechanisms	Increase level of analysis and understanding on options for the design of the Kyoto Mechanisms	N/A

E. Geographical Reach

Countries in which network participates actively

Canada, U.S., India, Norway, Latin American region, African region, Senegal, the Netherlands

F. Members

The network is composed primarily by: X Organizations _ Individuals

Principal Organizations	Central Interest	Country of origin
International Institute for Sustainable Development	sustainable development	Canada
World Resources Institute	sustainable development	U.S.
Center for Sustainable Development in the Americas	Climate change	U.S.
Instituto de Economia Energetica, Fundacion Bariloche	Energy and sustainable development	Argentina
COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	Energy and development	Brazil
Energy Research Institute	Energy policy	China
Tata Energy Research Institute	Energy policy	India
Environment and Development Action in the Third World	environment and sustainable development	Senegal
Southern Centre for Energy and Environment	Energy policy, environment and sustainable development	Zimbabwe
Institute for Environmental Studies	climate change, environment and sustainable development	The Netherlands
Centre for International Climate and Environment Research-Oslo	climate change	Norway
Stockholm Environment Institute	climate change	Sweden
Kiev-Mohyla Academy	climate change	Ukraine

G. Resources

Approximate annual budget of the network (in $US)

Year 2000	Year 1995	Year 1990
500,000	n/a	n/a

Sources of funding:

National Government, International Foundations

H. Network Infrastructure

Number of paid employees in Central Office(s)/ Secretariat(s) of Network	2
Number of paid employees elsewhere in the network
Does the network have a physical site of its own?	NO