Environmentally sound technologies for adaptation to climate change

Inadequate transfer of environmentally sound technologies for sustainable forest management.

The diffusion of quality and productivity enhancing environmentally sound technologies (ESTs)

(b) Promoting and facilitating, as appropriate, access to and the development, transfer and diffusion of technologies, including environmentally sound technologies and corresponding know how, to developing countries

(b) Promote and facilitate, as appropriate, access to, and development, transfer and diffusion of, technologies, including environmentally sound technologies and the corresponding know how, to developing countries

Promote, facilitate and finance, as appropriate, access to and the development, transfer and diffusion of technologies, including environmentally sound technologies and corresponding know how, to developing countries

(b) To promote and facilitate, as appropriate, access to, and development, transfer and diffusion of, technologies, including environmentally sound technologies and the corresponding know how, to developing countries

(c) Access to and transfer of environmentally sound technologies on a concessional or preferential basis, as mutually agreed

Promote, facilitate and finance, as appropriate, access to and the development of technologies, including environmentally sound technologies and corresponding know how, and their transfer and diffusion to developing countries

International cooperation in capacity building, and access to and transfer of environmentally sound technologies to support sustainable forest management

Countries identify finance, the transfer of environmentally sound technologies and capacity building as a priority area for further action.

The Ad Hoc Expert Group on Finance and Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies met at Geneva from 15 to 19 December 2003.

(a) Providing adequate means of implementation, including secured and predictable financial resources, project financing, capacity building and access to environmentally sound technologies

Less developed countries will need assistance in modern technologies for renewable energy, particularly in rural areas, water management with transfer of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) as well as capacity building in cleaner and sustainable industrial production.

One project is currently being implemented in this field under the title of The Determinants of Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) Utilization in Selected Developing Countries .

6. Encourages Governments to strengthen and foster investment in research and development for environmentally sound technologies and to promote the involvement of the business and financial sectors in the development of those technologies, and invites the international community to support those efforts

The issue of financing sustainable forest management has been extensively addressed by the Forum and its ad hoc expert group on financing and transfer of environmentally sound technologies.

Technical and financial implications of the environmentally sound destruction of ozone depleting substances In 2002, the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel's Task Force on Destruction Technologies identified a number of emerging technologies that, while theoretically effective, had not yet demonstrated evidence of technical capability.

Emphasizing the commitments of developed countries in transferring environmentally sound technologies, know how and financing to developing countries in accordance with the provisions of chapter 34 of Agenda 21.

(e) Providing technical assistance to women, particularly in developing countries, to ensure the continuing promotion of human resources development and the development of environmentally sound technologies and of women's entrepreneurship

The exhibition on environmentally sound technologies EST Showcase , which will be held in conjunction with the Council Forum, will also hold its opening on the evening of 6 February 2006.

Under this service module UNIDO will address the challenges arising from persistent organic pollutants (POPs), as well as promoting cleaner production (CP) methods and the transfer of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs).

The draft programme and budget under consideration was a sound basis for providing greater assistance to Belarusian industry through the introduction of foreign technologies and for promoting its products on world markets.

The UNIDO UNEP National Cleaner Production Centre Programme aims at building national cleaner production capacities, fostering dialogue between industry and Government and enhancing investments for transfer and development of environmentally sound technologies.

Improve access to reliable, affordable, economically viable and environmentally sound energy services, resources and technologies, in particular to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed

The Ad Hoc Expert Group on Finance and Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies also noted that the achievement of sustainable forest management can be greatly hindered by policies established outside the forest sector.

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6. Calls upon Governments to take further action to mobilize the provision of financial resources, technology transfer, capacity building and the diffusion of environmentally sound technologies, as set out in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

The Ad Hoc Expert Group on Finance and Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies discussed important dimensions of financing, including the role and status of official development assistance (ODA) and the effectiveness of existing international financing.

The SBSTA looked forward to the technical paper, being prepared by the secretariat in consultation with the EGTT, entitled Application of environmentally sound technologies for adaptation to climate change , based upon the outcomes of the above seminar in Trinidad and Tobago for consideration at its twenty fourth session with a view on deciding on the preparation of a compendium guide on technologies for adaptation to promote further dissemination of information on these technologies.

In addition, it is made clear that, in particular in developing countries and countries with economies in transition, there is a continuing priority need to address issues of capacity building and the transfer of environmentally sound technologies.

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The report of the Ad Hoc Expert Group on Finance and Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies provides a more in depth analysis of financial constraints impeding sustainable forest management, as well as a number of recommendations for addressing them.

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9. Invites Member States, especially those in a position to do so, and relevant regional and international organizations to allocate financial and technical resources to support the development of efficient, productive and environmentally sound technologies for sustainable agriculture in developing countries

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