Developing-country practitioners, and in particular modelers working to develop climate-resilient, low-carbon analyses and plans, often have difficulty locating appropriate tools, data, knowledge products, technical assistance, and social support that they need to create viable more sustainable alternatives to traditional development trajectories. It can be even harder when they try to tailor these to local conditions, capacities and challenges – especially if they do not have a clear idea of what information is available or where to find it. As a result, existing knowledge products and technical assistance are often under-utilized, particularly where they are most needed. Expert guidance to help locate this information can have far-reaching impacts on their analytical findings.
The Climate-Smart Planning Platform was designed to help bridge these gaps. The Climate-Smart Planning Platform provides countries and individual users with the opportunity to gather and share information on the application of climate-resilient and low-carbon development tools by giving access to a wide range of climate-related global and national datasets through its built-in semantic Wiki.