UNFCCC Workshop on Enabling Environments for Technology Transfer

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UNFCCC Workshop on Enabling Environments for
Technology Transfer Ghent, Belgium, 9-10 April
2003
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Development and transfer of Technologies in the
Context of Climate Change by Wanna
Tanunchaiwatana Manager, Technology
Subprogramme UNFCCC Secretariat
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Contents

• Overview of UNFCCC and KP

• Ongoing Technology Transfer Activities

• Workshop and Expected Outcome
• Outstanding Issues and Challenges

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UNFCCC - Overview

• A global legal instrument on the control and
  management of greenhouse gases (GHG) which are
  not controlled by the Montreal Protocol
• Adopted 1992 Entered into force1994
• Status of participation 186 Parties
• Contains 2 Annexes
• Annex 1 countries with obligations to reduce GHG
• Annex 2 countries with funding obligations
• Affiliated instruments
• Kyoto Protocol

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Ultimate Objective of the UNFCCC

• To achieve stabilisation of greenhouse gas
  concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that
  would prevent dangerous anthropogenic
  interference with the climate system

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Overview of Kyoto Protocol

• Commitments industrialized countries to achieve
  quantified targets for decreasing their
  greenhouse gas emissions
• Adopted 1997 not yet in force
• Status of Ratification 106 Parties, but only
  43.9 of global GHG emissions 55 needed for
  Protocol to enter into force (as of 20 March.
  2003)

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Constituted Bodies (I)

• Conference of the Parties (COP) the supreme
  body
• of the Convention, shall keep under regular
  review the
• implementation of the Convention and any
  related
• legal instrument that the COP may adopt, and
  meet
• annually. COP-9 will be held on 1 10
  December
• 2003 in Milan, Italy

• Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological
  Advice (SBSTA) provide advice to the COP on
  scientific and technological matters relating to
  the Convention.

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Constituted Bodies (II)

• Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) to
• assist the COP in the review and assessment of
  the
• effective implementation of the Convention.

• Relevant international and national bodies
• Global Environment Facility (GEF) - an operating
  entity of the financial mechanism of the
  Convention
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• National UNFCCC focal points

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Marrakech Accord and Technology Transfer Framework

• Comprise of five major activities
• Technology Needs Assessments
• Technology Information
• Enabling Environments for Tech Transfer
• Capacity Building for Tech Transfer
• Mechanism for Tech Transfer (Establishment of
  Expert group on Tech Transfer EGTT)

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Ongoing Activities

• Technology Need Assessments
• More than 60 Parties are currently undertaking
  this activity and funding are being provided
  under
• the GEF top-up activities
• Some countries are getting support from other
  resources such as CTI.
• Handbook for conducting the assessments are
  currently developed by UNDP-GEF with support from
  EGTT.
• Reports received from Indonesia, Georgia, and
  Ghana

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Technology Information

• The secretariat with the support of the EGTT has
  designed and developed a web-based technology
  transfer information system/clearing house
  (TTCLEAR).

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Characteristic of TTCLEAR (I)

• Primary targeted users are Parties to the
  Convention

• Complementing and working with existing web sites
  and clearing houses of other relevant
  international organizations and national/regional
  technology information centres.

• Acting as a gateway for fast access to up-to-date
  information on the latest technology transfer
  projects and case studies of successful
  technology transfer, environmentally sound
  technologies and know-how.

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Characteristic II

• Includes an innovative
• search engine

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• Some 1,670 technology cooperation projects and
  programes

• Over 40 case studies and/or success stories on
  technology transfer

• 600 links to relevant web sites, including
  national web sites as provided by Parties in
  their submissions

• An inventory of methods, models and tools
  covering different aspects of mitigation of and
  adaptation to climate change

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• A database of organizations and experts involved
  in the development and transfer of technologies

• Preliminary databases of mitigation and
  adaptation technologies and projects

• A technology forum, including a web board and
  chat rooms.

• Information on development and transfer of
  technologies under UNFCCC

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HOW TO ACCESS TTCLEAR

• 1. Go to http//ttclear.unfccc.int
• 2. Register.
• 3. Wait for the activation of your account. A
  confirmation e-mail will be sent to you.

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Workshop and Expected Outcome

• Organized in response to the request by SBSTA17
• Being part of the EGTT activities for 2003 in
  preparing a technical paper on enabling
  environments for technology transfer for
  consideration at SBSTA18
• A draft technical paper has been made available
  as background paper for the workshop

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Workshop and Expected Outcome

• Input for the revision of the technical paper
• Ideas for possible actions and next steps to
  promote the enabling environments for technology
  transfer
• If possible, some recommendations to the SBSTA
  and to the EGTT on its future work in this area

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Challenges and Outstanding Issues

• Submissions by Parties and EGTT on special
  climate change fund
• What concrete actions might be needed for
  capacity building for tech transfer?
• The technical paper on capacity building for tech
  transfer is being prepared by the secretariat to
  facilitate the work of the EGTT on this area. The
  paper will be made available at SBSTA18

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Challenges and Outstanding Issues

• What further actions might be needed to enhance
  the activities on technology needs assessments?
• How to involve other key stakeholders such as
  private sector, IGOs and NGOs in the tech
  transfer activities under the Convention process
  ?
• Consultation with other expert groups

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• We are ready to take up new challenges !