Creating and Sharing Environmental Information with Collaborative Web Technologies

Abstract

This paper exemplifies the joint creation and sharing of environmental information by means of the Climate Change Collaboratory (www.ecoresearch.net/triple-c), an interdisciplinary initiative to investigate the perception of climate change on all political levels, ranging from inter-individual communication and local communities to global campaigns and treaties. By analyzing communicative strategies and processes that function between disciplines and stakeholders, the project aims to unearth hidden assumptions and misconceptions about climate change, contribute to a mutual understanding of existing problems, and suggest priorities for research and policy development.