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

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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

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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

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(iv) To ensure the participation of affected groups and user groups in programmes for the control of indoor and outdoor air pollution, including encouraging local entrepreneurship in the introduction of new technologies to control indoor air pollution

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

That the CO2 problem, the climate problem that we've heard about, is driving lots of things innovations in the energy technologies that will reduce emissions but also, I think, inevitably, it will drive us towards thinking about climate and weather control, whether we like it or not.

Important fields of research on the basic technology for such a plane include those concerned with atmospheric forces, structures, guidance control and engines.

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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.

Noted that Technical Paper II on Simple Climate Models and Technical Paper III on Global Stabilization of Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations were completed and had been made available to the SBSTA, and expressed its appreciation to the IPCC for these papers.

Would the method enable Parties to attract investment capital for technology to limit GHGs or adapt to climate change?

Such mechanisms would involve decision makers who need data on climate change as a basis for making relevant policies. They would also involve the scientific and technical community, which has new information and communication technologies available for the compilation, management and analysis of data on climate change.

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.

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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).

These regulations are supplemented by the Act on the Control of Dual use Items and Technical Assistance (SFS 2000 1064) and Ordinance on the Control of Dual use Items and Technical Assistance (SFS 2000 1217).

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.

Latvia is furthermore willing to join the Missile Technology Control Regime.

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

The technical and institutional links between adaptation to climate change and disaster risk reduction are under increasing discussion.

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

The agenda of the seminar was prepared, in consultation with the Chair of the EGTT, to address issues relating to technologies for adaptation to climate change taking into account the above mentioned terms of reference and recent work of the SBSTA on scientific, technical and socio economic aspects of impacts of, and vulnerability and adaptation to, climate change.

The United Kingdom provided technical support units that facilitated preparation of the IPCC Report on Radiative Forcing and the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.