Technical assessment and survey missions

(Agenda item 4)

Assessing adaptation strategies and technologies

Needs for technologies for adaptation and TNA studies

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

. To take note with appreciation of the reports of the Scientific, Environmental Effects and Technology and Economic Assessment Panels and the Technical Options Committees

To request the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel to

The technology review and assessment will identify the technology necessary to implement the system.

The information technology risk assessment is approaching completion.

To note with appreciation the assessment carried out by the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and its Medical Technical Options Committee

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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.

Assessing technology transfer activities procedures for identifying and evaluating the impacts and effectiveness of technologies that have been transferred from one Party to another

However, they make the technical assessments upon which decisions will be based.

2. The 1990 report contained assessments of trends and developments in five major fields nuclear technology, space technology, materials technology, information technology and biotechnology.

Technology and Economic Assessment Panel administrative issues

(e) Technology and Economic Assessment Panel administrative issues (I propose that we focus only on the TOC Co Chairs issue as below)

Takes stock of improvements in information and communications technology management within the Department.

(c) Provide a technical assessment of progress in implementation of the Convention and

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).

391. In 1985, the Government established a Technology Assessment Board with many tasks informing the general public and the Danish Parliament on new technology, disseminating the results of new technologies and assessing new technology including its possible effects on society.

This would, in its turn, allow banks and other lenders to better assess enterprise risks using modern ICT based techniques for credit risk assessment and credit scoring.

Assessing mitigation and adaptation technologies methods for evaluating different technologies by determining, for example, performance, costs, and environmental impacts over time Parties may wish to refer to document FCC SBSTA 1996 4 for a definition of technology.

(c) Information technology, to assess the overall economy and efficiency of the information and communication technology operations

He asked the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel to reconsider their nomination.

Finally, the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel noted that, in some cases, funding for the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and the technical options committee co chairs and members from non Article 5 Parties was becoming difficult to obtain.

To note with appreciation the report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel

3. Assessing ICTs as a basis for action

C. Guidelines for the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and its Technical Options Committees and Temporary Subsidiary Bodies for disclosure of interests

Regarding the nominations in the unable to assess category, MBTOC and TEAP were pursuing bilateral discussions with the nominating Parties in order to try and clarify some of the issues.

In addition to the need for a classification framework, there is the more difficult matter of technology evaluation and assessment.

Noting with appreciation the work done by the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and its Technical Options Committee,

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

A detailed nomination by nomination review of the recommendations by the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and the Committee can be found on pages 203 241 of the 2005 progress report by the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel.

Presentation of the reports of the Panel and of its technical options committees

Their assessment is that, from a technical perspective, the elections have been well conducted.

The thematic meeting had carried out a stocktaking exercise on global ICT indicators.

The Technology and Economic Assessment Panel will deliver its presentations.

The Meeting is called upon to assess the adequacy of the proposed information systems and technologies.

The secretariat continued to follow closely the activities of the Land Degradation Assessment in the Drylands (LADA) and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), including participation in meetings of the Technical Advisory Group of LADA, and the Executive Committee and Board of the MA.

He stressed that the TNA should examine the reasons for selecting the proposed technologies, carry out alternative analysis for the chosen technologies, examine the lifetime of technologies and promote stakeholder participation.