Open Earth Platform Initiative - Pre-project and PoC (KnowIT) The project is a pre-project that will lay the foundation for the development of a holistic digital architecture for climate adaptation, food security and nature/biodiversity (Open Earth Platform Initiative - OpenEPI). It is an innovation project that aims to demonstrate how the use of open climate and environmental data and algorithms can improve developing countries' ability to adapt to climate change and how open and accessible digital infrastructure and services can support this. Project work includes the development of prototypes and case-studies, as well as define the direction for a full-scale project. The case-studies are focused on a few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project has a gender focus both in workshops/meetings and in development of prototypes and case-studies.