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<p><font face="Verdana">The online repository on "ICTs, Climate Change and Development" (</font><a href="http://www.niccd.org"><font face="Verdana">www.niccd.org</font></a><font face="Verdana">) is now completed, with the following contents:</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana">- <strong>Two background papers</strong> that review the literature in this field, and propose a new framework for understanding ICTs, adaptation and "e-resilience".</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana">- <strong>Seven thematic papers</strong> that summarise current evidence on ICTs, climate change and the topics of mitigation, adaptation, disaster management, strategy, governance, gender, and emergent technologies.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana">- <strong>Nineteen project case studies</strong> for use in practitioner/strategy guidance, training, or research.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana">- <strong>Four strategy briefs</strong> that summarise action priorities and also outline future research priorities in this field.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana">- <strong>A training guide</strong> for those who wish to run their own training workshop on ICTs, climate change and development.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana">These materials are the product of the University of Manchester's "Climate Change, Innovation and ICTs" research project, funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre (</font><a href="http://www.idrc.ca"><font face="Verdana">www.idrc.ca</font></a><font face="Verdana">)
and managed by the University's Centre for Development Informatics (</font><a href="http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk"><font face="Verdana">www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk</font></a><font face="Verdana">).</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana">If colleagues have links to related materials, we would be grateful to hear of those.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana">Richard Heeks <br>
Centre for Development Informatics<br>
University of Manchester, UK</font></p>
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