2015: accelerating technology and capacity building

Dr. Matt Kennedy

EU Negotiator (Technology) TEC Member/ CTCN AB Vice Chair

What is the most effective way that the 2015 agreement could stimulate the development, diffusion, and transfer of climate-related technologies, and

strengthen climate-relevant capacity building?

- Through the Technology Mechanism (TM), and stimulated by CTCN requests

- Fortify the role of TM and focus TT-related efforts under the Convention

- Technology is both a cross-cutting priority and one element of the proposed agreement with Broad support among Parties for anchoring the TM in the 2015 Agreement.

Technology is a pillar of the UNFCCC negotiations.

• Technology for achieving an emission pathway consistent with limiting the global average temperature increase to below 2 °C or 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and considerably improving the adaptation capacity of developing countries.

1. Stimulation of TT

Objective: enhance action on the development and transfer of technology for action on climate change

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• Cancun Agreements established a Technology Mechanism, consisting of: o (TEC) as the policy and strategy arm of the Mechanism o (CTCN) to provide direct support to technology actions in developing countries to address climate change

UNFCCC: agreed on the Technology Mechanism in December 2010 to support

action on technology development and transfer for mitigation and adaptation

2015 Agreement

TEC & Technology Elements: TNAs, PSP,

information, Enabling. Environments, Finance

Design of the elements (addressing mitigation, adaptation, support,

transparency)

TM-FM-CB (“Climate Resilience and

Sustainable Development Mechanism” )

Durban 2011: launch

of Durban "Mandate"

Warsaw 2013: call for

intended nationally

determined contributions

(INDCs) by March 2015

Lima 2014: - shape of INDCs - draft elements of the 2015 Agreement

Paris 2015: adoption of

the new Agreement

Process TT Content

Stimulation of TT: How?

CTCN mission is “Stimulating technology cooperation and enhance the development and transfer of technologies to developing country Parties at their request”.. helps developing countries to link their needs with practical advice how to implement mitigation and adaptation projects. ...

CTCN Mandate

1. Technical assistance to developing countries

2. Knowledge sharing and training

3. Fostering collaboration on climate technologies (including linking climate

technology projects with financing opportunity”)

Services:

CTCN Services and Structure

CTCN hosted by UNEP in collaboration with

UNIDO and supported by 11 partner institutions

with expertise in climate technologies

Structure:

CTCN Consortium

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107 NDEs have been selected by their countries as of 24 February 2015

National Designated Entities (NDEs)

CTCN Technical Assistance

Provided: • To developing countries upon their request • Free of charge (value up to 250,000 USD) • Expertise that is both state of the art and locally relevant • To academic, public, NGO, or private entities • For a broad range of adaptation and mitigation technologies

At all stages of the technology cycle: • From identification of needs; • policy assessments; • selection and piloting technology solutions; • to assistance that supports technology

customization and widespread deployment

CTCN Technical Assistance

Colombia: Energy efficiency and renewable energy

Applicant: Colombian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Request: Monitoring and evaluation of national energy efficiency and renewable

energy strategies against national targets

Objective: To maintain Colombia’s economic growth while reducing greenhouse gas

emissions in productive sectors

Assistance: • Assessment of incentives for energy efficiency (EE) and non-conventional energy

sources (NCES) focused on fiscal incentives • Design of a monitoring and evaluation mechanism to assess benefits derived and

impact of national incentives

Response Expert Team: • Fundación Bariloche (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • National Renewable Energy Laboratories – NREL (Colorado, USA)

Iran: Photovoltaic Solar Cell Design & Manufacturing

Applicant: Iranian Ministry of Energy

Request: Guidance on the construction of a medium sized (1-5 MWp) solar

photovoltaic plant to serve as a pilot project for the country

Objective: To learn how to independently design, produce and quality control the

production of photovoltaic solar modules

Assistance: • Inventory of needs and requirements for PV pilot line and gap analysis • preliminary design based on gap analysis • financial analysis for budgeting purposes

Response Expert Team: • The Energy and Resources Institute - TERI (New Delhi, India) • The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands -ECN (Petten, The Netherlands) • UNIDO Representative (Iran)

What role could global goals play in this regard, and how could they be articulated to effectively meet national needs and priorities?

2. Global goals

Goals should rather be linked to mitigation INDCs , rather than something that complicates MRV systems If a country declares certain level of emission cuts, this can be/needs to be translated into specific technological requirements (e.g. by help of TNA) Individual Parties need to play active roles in this, and it would be difficult to plan/prescribe the "best" approach on a global scale. Technology transfer translates into financial support so funding (goals) for technology projects is the best way to measure the success

2. Global goals

Update by Mr. Fred Onduri CTCN Advisory Board Chair

matthew.kennedy@seai.ie

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