Under the Convention, the developed country Parties and other developed Parties included in Annex II shall take all practicable steps to promote, facilitate and finance, as appropriate, the transfer of, or access to, environmentally sound technologies and know-how to other Parties, particularly to developing countries to enable them to implement the provisions of the Convention (Article 4.5). This commitment is echoed in similar provisions under the Kyoto Protocol (Article 10 c). Parties have taken decisions to promote the development and transfer of environmentally sound technologies at each session of the COP.

UNFCCC webpages on technology include information and links to the:

• Technology Mechanism. The Technology Mechanism has the objective of facilitating the implementation of enhanced action on technology development and transfer in order to support action on mitigation and adaptation to climate change. The Technology Mechanism consists of a:
• • Technology Executive Committee, and a,
  • Climate Technology Centre and Network.
• Technology Transfer Framework. As part of the Marrakesh Accords, at COP 7, Parties agreed to work together on a set of technology transfer activities, grouped under a framework for meaningful and effective actions to enhance the implementation of Article 4.5 of the Convention.
• Poznan Strategic Programme on Technology Transfer. The COP, by decision 2/CP.14, welcomed the Poznan strategic programme on technology transfer as a step towards scaling up the level of investment in technology transfer in order to help developing countries address their needs for environmentally sound technologies.