Development and Transfer of Technologies under the UNFCCC

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Development and Transfer of Technologies under
the UNFCCC The Marrakech Accords Beyond
Wanna Tanunchaiwatana Manager,
Technology Climate Change Secretariat
(UNFCCC) Expert Workshop on Technology
Information Beijing, People Republic of China,
18-19 April 2002
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Outline of the Presentation

• Relevant provisions of the Convention
• The Marrakech Accords (decision 4/CP.7)
• Emerging tasks and perspectives for future
  actions
• Goals of the workshop
• Next steps

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Relevant provisions of the UNFCCC

• Article 4.5
• The developed countries and other developed
  countries in Annex II shall take all practicable
  steps to promote, facilitate and finance, as
  appropriate, the transfer of or access to
  environmentally sound technologies and know how
  to other Parties, particularly developing country
  Parties, to enable them to implement the
  provisions of the Convention....

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Relevant provisions of the UNFCCC

• Article 4.7
• The extent to which developing country Parties
  will effectively implement their commitments
  under the Convention will depend on the effective
  implementation by developed country Parties of
  their commitments related to financial resources
  and transfer of technology.

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Marrakech Accords (Decision 4/CP.7)

• Decides to adopt the framework for meaningful and
  effective actions to enhance the implementation
  of Article 4.5 of the Convention
• Decides to establish an expert group on
  technology transfer

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Decision 4/CP.7 Framework for TT

• Consist of 5 key components
• Technology Needs Assessments
• Technology Information
• Enabling Environments
• Capacity Building
• Mechanism for technology transfer

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Implementation

• Overall approaches
• - Request GEF to provide financial support
  through its cc focal area and special cc fund
• - Urges developed country Parties to provide
  support
• - Request the secretariat to consult with
  relevant IGOs

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Beyond Marrakech Emerging Tasks Technology
Information

• Organize an expert workshop on technology
  information to elaborate on options for
• - the establishment of an information clearing
  house and
• - enhancement of information centres and
  networks and to provide a report to SBSTA 16

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Beyond MarrakechEmerging Tasks Other Issues

• Technology Needs Assessments
• - To organize an expert meeting to identify
  methodologies
• Expert Group on Technology Transfer
• - To organize a preparatory meeting to develop a
  work programme

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Beyond MarrakechTechnology Information

• At SBSTA 15, the secretariat is requested
• To develop a new search engine on the Internet
  that will allow for quick access to existing
  inventories of ESTs
• To identify gaps in existing EST inventories, and
  update and develop inventories, as needed

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Beyond MarrakechTechnology Information

• To organize an expert workshop and to provide a
  report on options and recommendations to the
  SBSTA 16

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Goals of the expert workshop

• To generate information and ideas specific to the
  needs and concerns of countries
• To advance understanding and narrow differences
  on key issues related to the technology
  information activities under the UNFCCC

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Goals of the expert workshop

• To review existing approaches and identify
  opportunities to build on those and needs for new
  activities
• To review the users feedback to the secretariat
  technology information system and to further
  define users needs, criteria for quality control,
  technical specifications and the roles of Parties

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Next Steps

• To provide a report on options and
  recommendations to SBSTA 16
• To organize a side event at SBSTA 16 to present
  the outcome of the workshop
• To accelerate our work and to consult with
  relevant IGOs for their possible support.