UN Climate Change News, April 2020 – Climate technology experts representing developed and developing countries met virtually last week and discussed how governments can more effectively green their economies and prepare for the inevitable impacts of climate change.
The virtual meeting was of the UNFCCC’s Technology Executive Committee (TEC), which plays a key role in helping countries identify climate technology policies that support them in achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement.
The 19 experts on the committee agreed on two technology policy briefs: A brief on Enhancing implementation of the results of the technology needs assessment, highlighting experiences, good practices and lessons learned in conducting the assessment and implementing their results.
Good practices outlined in the brief range from pilot projects in Lebanon that have been developed by the national government for harvesting rainwater from greenhouse tops to the uptake of biomass-based technologies for electricity production in Senegal.
A second joint policy brief agreed at the meeting was on technologies for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage in coastal zones – a joint work between the TEC and the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage, highlighting available technologies that can be deployed by countries to address risks of impacts of climate change faced by coastal areas. Read more…
