Govts, UN launch climate technology solutions for developing nations

SENIOR officials from several governments, United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP) and United Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC), launched a new five- year work programme at COP27, yesterday, to promote climate technology solutions in developing countries.

Technology Executive Committee ( TEC) and Climate Technology Centre and Network ( CTCN) – the two bodies of the Technology Mechanism under the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement – unveiled the project to accelerate deployment of transformative climate technologies urgently needed to tackle global warming.

The new mechanism covers work from 2023 to 2027. It foresees specific joint activities to be implemented by TEC and CTCN, including technology roadmaps, work on gender and technology and National Determined Contributions ( NDCS) and digitalisation, among others.

“The launch of this joint work programme is an important opportunity for us to step up rapidly efforts to deploy technology to address mitigation and adaptation,” said Executive Director of UNEP, Inger Andersen.

UNFCCC’S Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell, noted: “Time is running out to achieve the key goals of the Paris Agreement. The rapid scaling up and effective transfer of climate technologies are imperative to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5 Degrees Celsius and to build resilience to climate change. A reinvigorated technology mechanism is needed, to unlock appropriate climate technologies everywhere in the world, and that is what this new work programme is designed to achieve.”

IPCC’S Sixth Assessment Report ( IPCC AR6) and contributions from Working Group III ( IPCC WG III) on Mitigation of Climate Change spotlighted technology as an enabler to accelerate mitigation and drive effective adaptation solutions.