Shashi Buluswar

UNCSTD Intersessional Panel

January 2019

Science and Technology Imperatives for the SDGs

CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGHS FOR SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

2019

Global Health

Food SecurityEducation

Water Security

Gender Equity

Human Rights

Access to Electricity

Digital Inclusion

Resilience against Climate

Change

Global Health

Agriculture & Rural Development

Education

Water & Environment

Women’s Equity & Safety

• Integrated solar-powered ‘clinic-in-a-box’ for rural areas• Point-of-care DNA-based TB diagnostic; effective TB vaccine;

improved anti-bacterials

• Low-cost mechanization: irrigation pumps, well-digging, post-harvest processing

• Precision agriculture systems for water, fertilizer, etc. • ‘Utility-in-a-box’ for affordable rural solar mini-grids• Affordable solar-powered refrigerator• Low-cost clean energy automobile for rural households

• ‘Smart’ electronic textbooks

• New method for desalination: low cost, energy-efficient, high salinity

• Distributed sensors for environmental toxins• Retrofit automobile exhaust filters• New generation of homes for the urban poor

• Simple point-of-use DNA-based rape kit• Wearable “SOS” device with geo-location

Commercial attractiveness

Low Emerging Markets only Global

R&

D r

eq

uir

ed

US/EU labs

Emerging markets R&D institutions

Emerging markets private sector

How emerging powers are positioned Human

Development R&D EngineeringPolicy

ecosystem

Private

sector

Africa

US

Europe

India

China

Brazil

Strong

Weak

Models of technology development & adoption

Engineering capabilities

and

private sector

R&

D

ca

pa

bilit

ies

Strong

Weak

StrongWeak

“Leading science, but

catching up on

innovation”

“Pioneers”

“Wait & adopt” “Fast follower”

EU USA

Africa China & India

Policy imperatives for emerging economies

2000 2030+For the SDGs

Wait

&

adopt

Out-dated

model

Fast

follower

Strategic sectors

“Reverse”

outsource

R&D

Urgent needs

(pharma?)

Invest in

strong R&D

capabilities

The long-term

solution

Let’s continue the conversation…

Side EventWed 16 Jan 2019 - 14.15-15.00

Conference Room C3 (C-building)

Vienna International Center