Aid Transparency in Climate Change and Development - Liveblog

Friday, November 4
1:30 pm EST

As the open data movement gains traction, governments and donors are increasingly providing more and better data about development assistance. On Friday, November 4th AidData, Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and the World Bank Institute co-hosted a conference Putting aid data to work: using better information to get better results.

The conference explored how open data and aid transparency can be used to:

  • Visualize and combine aid data with other kinds of development data,
  • Track climate change finance and coordinate climate projects with work in other sectors, and
  • Improve the impact of development aid through feedback loops and social monitoring.

 

Replay our liveblog below for coverage from session 2: "Aid Transparency in Climate Change and Development":

Speakers:

  • Moderator Timmons Roberts, Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University, AidData and CCAPS
  • Catherine Weaver and Christian Peratsakis, University of Texas CCAPS
  • Tom Downing, President and CEO, Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP) 
  • Taryn Fransen, Director, Open Climate Network, World Resources Institute
  • Kiran Pandey, Senior Economist, Environment Department, World Bank