III. ADAPTATION TECHNOLOGIES

III. ADAPTATION TECHNOLOGY

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How can technologies contribute to adaptation?

FCCC TP 1997 3 Adaptation technologies

Needs for technologies for adaptation and TNA studies

Assessing adaptation strategies and technologies

Technology transfer adaptation and development.

It was recognized that adaptation technologies should include both hard technologies and soft technologies, including processes and tools.

He mentioned plans for an online database of adaptation options to share local knowledge and endogenous adaptation techniques.

So it's very easy, comparatively speaking, to be resilient.

(d) Stimulating adaptation research and technology

To ensure the tradeability of technology, it is imperative that the technology be appropriate and adaptable.

Mr. Vladu noted that technological approaches to adaptation include both hard technologies such as capital goods and hardware, as well as soft technologies such as knowledge of methods and techniques which enable hard technologies to be applied.

Like all new technologies, novel energy technologies have to undergo a period of adaptation before they can become technologically viable and readily adaptable.

He pointed out that conducting a TNA for technologies for adaptation is more complex and challenging than for mitigation technologies and highlighted several key aspects in the identification of technology needs for adaptation.

Needs for technologies for adaptation to climate change

Identification and evaluation of technologies for adaptation to climate change

Endogenous technologies for adaptation to climate change

Adaptation to climate change involves more than merely the application of a particular technology.

The EGTT could contribute directly to the programme of work on adaptation in the area of technologies for adaptation and in related subject areas.

(e) Establishing design and performance goals for adaptation technology and

Appropriate technologies

It was noted that a broad approach to adaptation should be taken by addressing the transfer of technologies for adapting to climate change as well as technologies to reduce the impact of response measures.

What steps might be taken to help facilitate a market based supply of technologies for adaptation?

Mr. Kishan Kumarsingh, the Chair of the EGTT, outlined the UNFCCC work on technology transfer and adaptation and noted that identifying and implementing technologies for adaptation will involve activities such as vulnerability assessment and technology needs assessment (TNAs).

Environmentally sound technologies for adaptation to climate change

Appropriate technology, knowledge and know how

Appropriate technology, knowledge and know how

Programmes for managers should be able to review the potentials of space technologies and should include criteria to select appropriate technologies.

He also presented some examples of technologies for adaptation identified in TNAs completed by Albania and Mauritius and in national adaptation programme of actions (NAPAs).

The need to develop proper technology and innovation polices was stressed.

Identification and evaluation of technologies for adaptation to climate change

Access to information on technologies for adaptation and a raising awareness

Several participants from developing countries highlighted the need to focus on the means to transfer technology, provide concrete examples of transferring technologies for adaptation, and promote stakeholder participation in defining needs for technologies for adaptation in TNAs.

The working groups emphasized that TNAs play a crucial role in identifying the needs for technologies for adaptation, and that technology transfer should be integrated into overall national development goals.

Mr. Klein noted that adaptation to climate change involves more than merely the application of a particular technology.

Would access to information on country experiences with technologies for adaptation be useful?

Each of these applies to some extent to technologies for adaptation.

Such an approach was not technically sound and should be strongly discouraged.

In order to advance the role of technology in adaptation, it is desirable to develop a process for the identification and evaluation of existing technologies and possible future technologies.

These include, for example, the preparation of reports on adaptation technology, the development of a plan for technology information centres and networks, and an expansion of the survey of technology and technology information needs.

A compendium guide on technologies for adaptation may be necessary to further promote dissemination of information on these technologies.

She hoped for a discussion on impacts that technology changes may have in communities, and on technology and adaptation measures and their successful applications.