UNFCCC Workshop on Innovative Options for Financing the Development and Transfer of Technologies

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UNFCCC Workshop on Innovative Options for
Financing theDevelopment and Transfer of
Technologies Montreal, Canada, 27-29 September
2004

• Wanna Tanunchaiwatana
• Manager, Technology Transfer
• Sustainable Development Programme
• UNFCCC Secretariat
• www.unfccc.int

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Background and Context

• Mandates
• Convention Provisions
• Existing opportunities
• Issues for Reflection

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Mandates

• SBSTA 19 endorsed the programme of work of the
  EGTT for 2004 which included area of work on
  innovative financing, with a view to identifying
  innovative options for financing the development
  and transfer of technologies

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Mandates

• SBSTA 19 requested the secretariat to organize a
  workshop on innovative options.., and to report
  on the findings of the workshop to SBSTA21
• SBSTA 20 endorsed the TOR of the workshop as
  recommended by the EGTT

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Mandates

• SBSTA 20 requested the EGTT to consider the
  outcomes of the workshop and the workshop report
  prepared by the secretariat with possible
  recommendations for consideration by SBSTA 21

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Convention Provisions

• Article 4.5
• The developed country 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 , ESTs and know-how to other Parties,
  particularly developing country Parties, to
  enable them to implement the provision of the
  Convention..

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Convention Provisions

• Financial Mechanism Article 11.1
• 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, programme priorities and eligible
  criteria related to this Convention

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Convention Provisions

• Financial Mechanism Article 11.5
• The developed country Parties may also
  provide and developing country Parties avail
  themselves of, financial resources related to the
  implementation of the Convention through
  bilateral, regional and other multilateral
  channels.

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Existing Opportunities

• UNFCCC Financial Mechanism GEF (Trust Fund,
  Special Climate Change Fund, LDC Fund, and
  Adaptation Fund)
• Other Multilateral and Bilateral Assistant
  Programmes and Initiatives
• Private Sector Investment
• Kyoto Mechanisms CDM and JI

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Issues for Reflection

• Do practicable innovative options exist? And if
  so, how can those be applied in the UNFCCC
  context?
• What should be our key messages to the SBSTA?

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Issues for Reflection

• How can the private sector be engaged in
  technology transfer activities under the
  Convention and how can the private sector be
  effectively involved in shaping possible new
  arrangements?