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cover TITLE Technology Development and Transfer for Climate Change:
A Survey of Activities by United Nations System Organizations
[pdf 2,273 KB]
DATE March 2010
  Working Paper – March 2010 prepared jointly by DESA and UNIDO.

This survey provides an updated non-comprehensive overview of the range of related United Nations activities and considers some opportunities for enhancing the United Nation’s role in this critical area. The survey highlights the major efforts of United Nations system organizations, the types of activity and the extent of their coverage.

The work of many of these organizations includes a focus on the complex issue of technology development and transfer. This survey identified a wealth of ongoing initiatives, highlights of which are contained in Table 1, structured according to key themes, and elaborated in part II after the introduction of this report. These initiatives are complemented by numerous activities, which build on partnerships between United Nations organizations and collaborations with other international organizations, governments and nongovernmental entities. These joint efforts are highlighted in part III of this survey. When compiling the initiatives presented in this survey, a number of areas emerged, which could offer effective opportunities for enhancing the United Nations system’s engagement. These areas, which are further described in part IV of this survey, are briefly summarised as... see the paper for details
TITLE World Economic and Social Survey 2009:
Promoting Development, Saving the Planet
DATE September 2009
  The World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) provides objective analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues, and discusses the positive and negative impact of corresponding policies. The analyses are supported by analytical research and data included in the annex.
Policy Brief #20 UNDESA Policy Brief # 20: Multidimensional Climate Threats Require New Approaches & More Resources for Adaptation Challenge
August 2009 [pdf 96 KB]
Policy Brief #19 UNDESA Policy Brief # 19: Technology Transfer & Climate Change: Beyond TRIPS
August 2009 [pdf 120 KB]
Policy Brief #18 UNDESA Policy Brief # 18: Climate Change and Technology Transfer: The Need for a Regional Perspective
July 2009 [pdf 100 KB]
TITLE Climate Change: Technology Development & Technology Transfer [pdf 1.3 MB]
DATE 2008
CONTENTS
excerpt:		 I. Introduction..............................................................................1
II. Technologies, technology transfer and barriers.............................11
III. Mechanisms for enhancing technology development and transfer..38
IV. Public-private roles and partnerships for innovation and technology transfer.......................................................................................67
TITLE Climate Policies & Sustainable Development [pdf 990 KB]
DATE 2007
 
TITLE CLEAN AND COMPETITIVE:
Environmental Management Accounting for Business [pdf 562 KB]
DATE March 2003
SNAPSHOT Management Activities that Benefit from EMA
  • Cost Allocation
  • Cost Management
  • Inventory and Production Planning
  • Investment Appraisal
  • Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking
  • Product/Service Design
  • Product/Service Mix
  • Product/Service Pricing
  • Purchasing
  • Supply Chain Management
TITLE MEASUREMENT FOR IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL & ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: Environmental Management Accounting for Government [pdf 530 KB]
DATE March 2003
SNAPSHOT Benefits to Government of EMA Implementation by business

EMA increases the range of instruments and organizations involved in the environmental and economic policy mix, and helps government to achieve its policy goals in that:

  • If industry undertakes environmental programs on the basis of financial self-interest, the financial, political, and other burdens of environmental protection on government will be reduced.
  • Implementation of EMA by industry can improve the effectiveness of policies/regulations by revealing to business the full environmental costs and benefits resulting from those policies/regulations.
  • Government can use industry EMA data to help estimate and report the financial and environmental performance of regulated companies.
  • Industry EMA data can be used to inform government program/policy design.
  • Industry EMA data can be used for regional or national-level accounting purposes.
TITLE Environmental Management Accounting: Policies and Linkages
[pdf 1,269 KB]
Czech | English
DATE 2001

CONTENTS
partial list:
  1. Preface
  2. Part 1: EMA: Policy Pathways for Promoting Environmental Management Accounting
  3. Part 2: EMA: Links with Management Systems and Stakeholders
TITLE Environmental Management Accounting: Procedures and Principles
[pdf 1,500 KB]
Czech | English | German | Japanese | Portuguese
DATE 2001

CONTENTS
partial list:
  1. Foreword....................................................................................1
  2. What is EMA - environmental management accounting?...................4
  3. What are environmental costs?...................................................11
  4. Annual corporate environmental expenditure................................18
  5. System boundary - company fence..............................................32
  6. One step further down - process flow charts and cost accounting.....67
  7. Application example - environmental performance indicators..........88
  8. Application example - calculating cost savings of environmental projects and investments.........................................................101
  9. Outlook ................................................................................109
TITLE Business and the UN: Partners in Sustainable Development 1999
[pdf 1,500 KB]
DATE 1999

PREFACE
excerpt:		 A central factor in achieving sustainability in business and industry is the improvement of production processes through the introduction of technologies that use resources more efficiently and minimize environmental impacts. If such cleaner production technologies are to be widely adopted without costly regulations, they must be cost-effective and fit into normal business decision making. The purpose of the Industry and Technology Exhibits and Presentations organized during the sixth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was to examine, through case studies, the process of transfer of cleaner production technologies from enterprises in developed countries to enterprises in developing countries...

This publication explores the motivations of companies involved in nine cases of successful transfer of cleaner production technologies to enterprises in developing countries. These companies presented their stories during the Industry and Technologies Exhibits and Presentations.

Part I offers a summary of the case studies...
Part II presents the case studies as written by the companies themselves...
Part III describes the organization of the exhibits and selection of participants.
Part IV contains background documents...
Part V contains the official United Nations documents of the sixth session...