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## DataParty #4 Topic - Energy and Climate Data

When: Wednesday February 29, 2012 @ 6pm GMT / 6pm CET / 12pm EST

Where: Virtual on IRC and skype, IRC: http://webchat.freenode.net/ - join #okfnecon channel

What: Get together to add datasets to http://thedatahub.org/group/economics

Skype: add your name and skype username here:

* Velichka Dimitrova (vn.dimitrova)

* Guo Xu (guoxu_voip)

* Malcolm Davis

* Karlis Rokpelnis (joining earlier during the day)

http://thedatahub.org/dataset/china-provincial-level-ethnic-social-and-environmental-data

* Rufus Pollock (rufuspollock)

## DataParty Activities

1. I would like to share a dataset I have put together and make it available and useful for others

If you have recently finished a dissertation or a paper and have compiled a dataset of energy, climate or other environmental data (as well as in combination with other economic indicators), you could share it with others. This would support the work of students and researchers and may create useful contacts with interested individuals who would find your dataset on theDataHub.

After creating an account at the theDataHub (see Instructions bellow), add a dataset and try to add as much relevant information as possible. If possible, you should include:

* definitions of all variables in the dataset

* sources of the data series

* description of any data transformations you have done

* a link to the text if the work has already been published and/or an abstract

* include a contact address where interested individuals can contact you

* follow the hints at http://help.thedatahub.org/

* tweet to @okfnecon with hashtag #DataHubAdd

2. I would like to participate in the Energy and Climate Hackday on March 3rd and would like to explore what data is available:

Prior to our Hackday we gather to explore the data we can use and prepare for the challenges that will be presented.

There are two databases that we are challenged to look into and use for building an app:

* http://data.worldbank.org/ - basically all World Bank data

* http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/ - the Climate change portal containing also a lot of geo-spatial data, historical climate data, also available in the API

Data mine and data wrangle to explore relationships, worth emphasising and presenting with data visualisations. Data journalists, social scientists and other researchers are invited to study the data together, look at ways it has been presented so far and the relationships between key variables.

Questions to consider from the economic perspective:

* Has the carbon dioxide intensity of GDP changed over time? How is this related to the evolution of oil prices and the GDP growth?

* How are natural resource rents (as % of GDP) related to the economic performance of a country, e.g. development of industrial sectors (natural resource curse)?

* What is the relationship between a country's institutions and its environmental indicators? Can dictatorships be more effective in implementing environmental regulation?

Other suggested questions or activities? You are welcome to contribute!

## Instructions:

1. Register on the http://thedatahub.org/user/register if you haven't already

2. See http://econ.okfnpad.org/datahub-howto

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# DataParty #3 Topic - City Data

Are you interested in what drives cities? Regional and city data can much more interesting than national averages, as it reflects the spatial agglomerations of economic and social activities. Analysing regional level data could deliver insights about the unequal economic development – whether patterns of development are due to geographical devisions or institutional factors.

We will gather disaggregated data on city and regional level for cities around the world and add them to the Datahub. Spatial economists and econometricians, as well as interested data journalists and citizens are also welcome to join – building a dataset, based on comparable NUTS3 statistics of Eurostat for European countries, we can analyse the relationships between the labour market, education, health and spending. You are welcome to share and practice data analysis techniques and initiate follow-up activities.

When: Wednesday 8th February 2012 @ 5pm GMT / 6pm CET / 12pm EST

Where: Virtual on IRC and skype, IRC: http://webchat.freenode.net/ - join #okfnecon channel

What: Get together to add economic datasets to http://thedatahub.org/group/economics

Skype: add your name and skype username here:

* Velichka Dimitrova (vn.dimitrova)

* Guo Xu (guoxu_voip)

* TH Schee (openmedia)

* Malcolm Davis (malcolmdavis)

* Ray Harker (ray_harker7)

Oluseun Onigbinde (oluseunonigbinde)

* Kat Braybrooke (ardent_coeur)

## What to work on: