Knowledge Centre

Nigeria has the potential to generate 12,522 MW of electric power from existing plants, but is only able to dispatch around 4,000 MW. To solve this, Global Alliance Africa at Innovate UK KTN in partnership with Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and Nigeria Climate Innovation Centre (NCIC) hosted a knowledge-sharing engagement in Abuja on 23 June 2022.

Forgotten foods describe crops that haven’t attracted sufficient research, development, and commercial attention.

This podcast series, presented by Jenni McDonnell MBE, will explore how to move industrial sectors towards net zero carbon. In episode 2, she talks to Tim Shire from Essar UK and Alex Patrick-Smith from Hinton Perry and Davenhill, who are actively decarbonising their manufacturing operations with support from the IETF.

The Energy Catalyst’s launch and brokerage event that took place in South Africa on 27 June saw energy sectors come together to develop sustainable energy solutions, thus improving the lives of South Africans.

In the sixth episode of the Geo for Earth podcast, our guest speakers explore the importance of using data in mapping our urban environment to help fight climate change, and have a lively discussion on the collection and use of data in a trusting manner.

This session gave attendees a greater understanding of business models and how to develop the most effective type for their product/service. Experts including Eric Kihlstrom, Chair of Centaur Robotics shared their valuable insights.

Led by Dr Elaine Douglas (Research Programme Manager, UKRI SBDRP) and Dr Aideen Young (Senior Evidence Manager at Centre for Ageing Better) the session was an introduction to trustworthy and easily accessible evidence data, including what it is, where it is, and how to use it practically.

Centre for Ageing Better’s Communication team shared the learning and resources included in their latest toolkit: Challenging Ageism: A guide to talking about ageing and older age.

The session also included presentations from two Healthy Ageing Challenge projects sharing their experiences of ageism in their work.

At this workshop, Julia Glenn – Design Innovation Lead in UKRI’s Healthy Ageing Challenge team – shared easy and practical resources to apply data to real scenarios and people before a commercial investment is made.