Mr. Elmer Holt, CTI, highlighted CTI experiences in supporting countries to prepare their TNAs.

Noting that CTI aims to foster rapid development of climate technologies, he stressed that TNA needs to be followed up and implemented.

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

Support for climate friendly initiatives and technologies

(b) Mitigation of climate change with a focus on

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

The SBSTA acknowledged the continuing support of the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) and also encouraged the CTI to collaborate further with UNEP and UNDP on preliminary analysis of the results of technology needs assessments.

Mr. Florin Vladu, UNFCCC secretariat, gave an overview of technologies for adaptation to climate change in the UNFCCC process.

Environmentally sound technologies for adaptation to climate change

Many technologies that can be used to adapt to climate change also have other, non climate, benefits.

Summary of CTI data set on national technology information centres in developing countries

Identification and evaluation of technologies for adaptation to climate change

Stressing various uncertainties, he suggested that investments in these technologies may begin with present day needs that address climate variability concerns and are further justified by consideration of climate change.

The CTI data set includes 65 technology information centres in 19 countries.

All presentations are available on the UNFCCC technology information clearing house (TT CLEAR).

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

Financing the transfer of technologies for adaptation to climate change

Financing the transfer of technologies for adaptation to climate change

Some of the specific initiatives mentioned include the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI), the Greenhouse Gas Technology Information Exchange (GREENTIE), the Centre for the Analysis and Dissemination of demonstrated Energy Technologies (CADDET), and the International Model Forest Programme (IMFP).

Detailed needs in science and technology capacity building in the broad area of climate change and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions have also been drawn up by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Parties are encouraged to use the IPCC Technical Guidelines for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations.

Scientific advances and technological innovation have an important role to play in mitigating climate change and in facilitating adaptation to the new conditions.

It implemented the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by providing scientific and technical support to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The range and dimensions of technologies for adaptation that can be considered are very large.

(e) Exchange of climate change technology know how among different countries.

UNFCCC Expert Meeting on Adaptation Technologies

Overview of recent scientific and technological developments in the fields of energy for sustainable development, air pollution atmosphere and climate change

At the second meeting, the SBSTA adopted the agenda as amended as follows

The Special Climate Change Fund would initially provide resources for adaptation and technology transfer and its associated capacity building.

Technologies could be used now and could play an increasingly important part in adaptation to climate change.

He said that some technologies are addressing both biodiversity and climate change challenges.

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Regional cooperation and transfer of technologies for adaptation to climate change is, at the moment, limited as endogenous technologies are context specific.

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Mr. Holt said that the UNFCCC technology transfer clearing house (TT CLEAR) shows some TNA results and provides opportunity for possible matchmaking between countries' interests regarding technology transfer.

Research on, and development of, innovative climate friendly technologies, and the development, application and diffusion, including transfer of, such technologies, particularly to developing country Parties.

He questioned whether, without deliberate measures to stimulate the transfer of climate friendly technologies, such technologies would be available to developing countries.

The SBSTA noted that improved scientific understanding of climate change can inform the development of technologies for mitigation and adaptation being addressed by the SBSTA as part of its consideration of matters relating to technology development and transfer and elsewhere under the Convention.

Mr. Klein highlighted some issues outlined in the draft paper, including concepts and definitions of adaptation to climate change implications for developing and transferring technology a proposed conceptual framework for addressing technologies for planned adaptation to climate variability and change and policy issues.

(a) International Technology Information Centre(s) An international entity whose primary function is to collect, catalogue, and synthesize information on environmentally sound technology and know how to mitigate or adapt to climate change climate relevant technologies and know how from sources, and to disseminate information to national technology information centres and other users

The CTI data set indicates that most national centres had more than one mission.

The CTI data set also provides information about who are the users of the information provided by centres.

A representative of the Parties cooperating in the Climate Technology Initiative also made a statement.