The GEF Experience in Financing Technology Transfer: Introduction

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The GEF Experience in Financing Technology
TransferIntroduction

• Dr. Robert K. Dixon
• Leader, Climate and Chemicals Team

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Global Environment Facility

• Financial mechanism of UNFCCC and other global
  environment conventions
• Six focal areas
• climate change, biodiversity, land degradation,
  international waters, ozone deletion, and
  persistent organic pollutants
• 10 GEF agencies
• WB, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO, IFAD, FAO, RDBs
• Since 1991, GEF has allocated over 7b and
  leveraged 25b in co-financing.

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GEF Replenishment
3.13 billion
3 billion
2.75 billion
2 billion
1994-1998
1998-2002
2002-2006
2006-2010
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GEF Support of Climate Change Technology Transfer

• Allocated about 2.5b for climate change
  projects, with 15b in co-financing
• Provided financial support to national
  communications, technology needs assessments, and
  mitigation and adaptation projects to over 100
  countries
• Supported deployment and diffusion of more than
  30 climate-friendly technologies

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Convention Guidance to GEF on Technology Transfer

• Convention Article 4.5
• developed country Parties and other developed
  Parties included 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.
• Convention Article 11
• A mechanism for the provision of financial
  resources on a grant or concessional basis,
  including for the transfer of technology, is
  hereby defined. It shall function under the
  guidance of and be accountable to the Conference
  of the Parties, which shall decide on its
  policies, program priorities and eligibility
  criteria related to this Convention.
• Convention guidance to GEF since COP 1 on
  technology transfer

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GEF Response to COP 13 Decision

• Decision 4/CP.13 requests the GEF to elaborate on
  a strategic program to scale up the level of
  investment for technology transfer
• Consultation with Parties, international
  financial institutions, multilateral
  institutions, and private financial community
• Council approved the proposed strategic program
  on technology transfer on November 13, and
  requested the Secretariat to forward the paper to
  SBI 29.

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Contact Information

• Dr. Robert K. Dixon
• Leader, Climate and Chemicals Team
• Global Environment Facility
• Email rdixon1_at_thegef.org
• Tel. [phone]
• Website www.TheGEF.org