Reflections on UNEP's Digital Transformation (including a digital ecosystem for our planet) === ###### Tags: `UNEP` These :construction: draft notes were written by Kit Macleod ([The James Hutton Institute, UK](https://www.hutton.ac.uk/)) following a conversation with David Jensen (Coordinator of the UNEP Digital Transformation Task Force) to set out my understanding of UNEP's ambition to help enable its delivery. ***How to navigate these notes*** (these consist of topics related to UNEP's vision, these emoji are pictorial guide to the nature of the content). :question: represents one or more questions. :bulb: represents an idea/suggestion. :key: represents some aspect that I think is key/important. :warning: represents aspects that I think could be viewed as high risk. :rainbow: represents aspects related to the diverse community that are already involved or welcome to contribute. :school: represents learning from others. :hammer_and_wrench: represent tools. :floppy_disk: represents datasets. Initial digital ecosystem datasets --- :question: :floppy_disk: [Digital ecosystem datasets](/@kitmacleod/DigitalEcosystemDatasets) :key: :rainbow: [Existing environmental data initiatives ](/@kitmacleod/EnvironmentDataInitiatives) Enabling a community to deliver UNEP's digital ecosystem --- :question: :rainbow: [UNEP's digital ecosystem community](/@kitmacleod/DigitalEcosystemCommunity) :question: :hammer_and_wrench: [What community tools/approach to use?](/@kitmacleod/CommunityToolsAndApproaches) :school: [Learning from community/public engagement initiatives](/@kitmacleod/CommunityEngagementInitiatives) :hammer_and_wrench: [Community engagement tools](/@kitmacleod/CommunityEngagementTools) :rainbow: [Scientific research communities](/@kitmacleod/ResearchProjectsAndNetworks) Understanding who (and why and how) needs UNEP's digital ecosystem and who/what may be viewed as competing to meet their needs --- :question: :warning: [Who are your competitors and what are they up to? ](/@kitmacleod/Competitors) Learning from others --- ***Digital tech and data*** :school: [Software engineering best practices](/@kitmacleod/LearningFromSoftwareEngineering) :school: [Cloud native ](/@kitmacleod/LearningFromCloudNative) :school: [Cross platform projects](/@kitmacleod/LearningFromCrossPlatformProject) :school: [Personal data management](/@kitmacleod/LearningFromPersonalDataManagementProjects) :school: [Urban data and planning approaches](/@kitmacleod/UrbanDataAndPlanningApproaches) :school: [Open data organisations](/@kitmacleod/OpenDataOrganisations) :school: [Infrastructure as code](/@kitmacleod/InfrastructureAsCode) :school: [Country level data management](/@kitmacleod/CountryLevelEnvData) :school: [City level data management](/@kitmacleod/CityLevelEnvData) ***Green/climate finance*** :school: [Recent posts from Investment & Pensions Europe](/@kitmacleod/IPE_Posts) ***Data/code/algorithm/model governance*** :school: [Data and model goverance](/@kitmacleod/LearningFromDataCodeGovernance) Purpose --- [Selected sections from David Jensen's Medium posts](/@kitmacleod/SummaryOfMediumPosts)