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We aim to overcome the lack of discussion on the role of ‘openness’ as a necessary condition for addressing the climate crisis and to build the capacity of open movement activists and stakeholders from civil society and academia to influence high-level decisions on related issues.</div> </div> </td> <td class='topics'> <div title='0 Topics'>0</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class='category' style='border-color: #FF0000;'> <div itemprop='itemListElement' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ListItem'> <meta itemprop='position' content='4'> <meta itemprop='url' content='/c/community/38'> <h3> <a href='/c/community/38'> <span itemprop='name'>Community</span> </a> </h3> <div itemprop='description'></div> </div> </td> <td class='topics'> <div title='58 Topics'>58</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class='category' style='border-color: #3AB54A;'> <div itemprop='itemListElement' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ListItem'> <meta itemprop='position' content='5'> <meta itemprop='url' content='/c/ok-network/70'> <h3> <a href='/c/ok-network/70'> <span itemprop='name'>Open Knowledge Network</span> </a> </h3> <div itemprop='description'>We will use this category to contain places for discussion (subcategories) for each of our chapters and local groups. 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They provide an opportunity for people with similar interests to gather online (and sometimes in person) to hack, discuss, lobby, promote and explore particular areas of open knowledge and data.</div> </div> </td> <td class='topics'> <div title='2 Topics'>2</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class='category' style='border-color: #9EB83B;'> <div itemprop='itemListElement' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ListItem'> <meta itemprop='position' content='7'> <meta itemprop='url' content='/c/open-data-index/45'> <h3> <a href='/c/open-data-index/45'> <span itemprop='name'>Open Data Index</span> </a> </h3> <div itemprop='description'>The <strong>Open Data Index</strong> category is for conversations about operating, improving and contributing to the <a href="http://index.okfn.org">Global Open Data Index</a> and the growing number of <a href="http://census.okfn.org/#get-started">Local and Regional Open Data Indexes</a>.</div> </div> </td> <td class='topics'> <div title='115 Topics'>115</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class='category' style='border-color: #AB9364;'> <div itemprop='itemListElement' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ListItem'> <meta itemprop='position' content='8'> <meta itemprop='url' content='/c/projects/107'> <h3> <a href='/c/projects/107'> <span itemprop='name'>Major Projects</span> </a> </h3> <div itemprop='description'></div> </div> </td> <td class='topics'> <div title='2 Topics'>2</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class='category' style='border-color: #3AB54A;'> <div itemprop='itemListElement' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ListItem'> <meta itemprop='position' content='9'> <meta itemprop='url' content='/c/open-knowledge-labs/34'> <h3> <a href='/c/open-knowledge-labs/34'> <span itemprop='name'>Open Knowledge Labs</span> </a> </h3> <div itemprop='description'><a href="http://okfnlabs.org">Open Knowledge Labs</a> is a community of civic hackers, data wranglers and ordinary citizens intrigued and excited by the possibilities of combining technology and information for good – making government more accountable, culture more accessible, and science more efficient. </div> </div> </td> <td class='topics'> <div title='71 Topics'>71</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class='category' style='border-color: #AB9364;'> <div itemprop='itemListElement' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ListItem'> <meta itemprop='position' content='10'> <meta itemprop='url' content='/c/policy-research/57'> <h3> <a href='/c/policy-research/57'> <span itemprop='name'>Policy and Research</span> </a> </h3> <div itemprop='description'>This category is for discussions about policy and research around open knowledge. 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Here the global open data community can discuss over the six areas of action in the open data movement, suggest new topic and act towards IODC 2018 in Buenos Aires.</div> </div> </td> <td class='topics'> <div title='0 Topics'>0</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class='category' style='border-color: #009C3B;'> <div itemprop='itemListElement' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ListItem'> <meta itemprop='position' content='15'> <meta itemprop='url' content='/c/escola-de-dados/151'> <h3> <a href='/c/escola-de-dados/151'> <span itemprop='name'>Escola de Dados</span> </a> </h3> <div itemprop='description'>A Escola de Dados ajuda pessoas e organizações a transformarem dados em histórias, evidências e mudanças sociais. 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