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Climate Change:
High-Level Conference, 22-23 October 2009
High-level Conference on Climate Change: Technology Development and Transfer
22-23 October 2009
New Delhi, India
Conference Final Documents
Objectives
In order to promote international technology development and transfer in the context of the Bali Action Plan for enhancement of long term cooperation for implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Government of India and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs are jointly organizing a high level conference in New Delhi on October 22-23, 2009.
The conference will bring together
- governments,
- experts,
- industry representatives and
- civil society
to help formulate a roadmap for technology in the context of climate change mitigation and adaptation to support the UNFCCC process.
Seeking to advance understanding...
The Delhi Conference will seek to advance understanding on key actions needed to accelerate technology development and transfer in all countries in accordance with their national needs. The conference will throw light on technology scenarios, institutional and business models of development and deployment, and mechanisms to promote technology transfer to developing countries and to enhance the scope for cooperation on research and development.
Beijing
The Delhi Conference will advance the discussions initiated at the Beijing High-level Conference on Climate Change: Technology Development and Technology Transfer, co-organized by the Chinese Government and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) on 7-8 November 2008.
The Beijing Conference took stock of the clean technologies, the barriers to transfer and the potential for technology collaboration. Participants also presented case studies. The conference clearly recognized the need for new and innovative mechanisms of international co-operation, particularly in research, development, deployment and transfer of climate-related technologies.