Digital Ecosystems: ICT¿s contribution to addressing climate change

One of the most pressing challenges facing

humankind is climate change, but it is a wicked problem.

While the complexity of this problem can be overwhelming

there are means through which the problem can be

understood and advances made towards a solution. This

paper applies a holistic theoretical sense-making framework

and an ecosystem approach to research and practice on ICT

issues in the climate change problem. It demonstrates how

end-user tools and Web 2.0 technologies, which are

embedded in digital ecosystems that include the social

context, can play a positive role in the global challenges of

climate change.