While the world is dealing with Covid-19, advancing the work on climate change remains an important effort, particularly in the context of recovery process from the impacts of the pandemic. The recovery can provide an opportunity for countries to rebuild and recover their economy in a manner that creates pathways to transitioning into green, low emission and climate resilient society. The recovery means scaling up climate actions in all fronts to deal with impacts of climate change as already informed by the science.

In this year the Technology Mechanism continues its work in operationalizing the outcomes of Katowice to implement the Paris Agreement and supporting countries to enhance action on climate technology development and transfer.

In this event, the two arms of the Technology Mechanism, Technology Executive Committee (TEC) and the Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN) will provide brief updates on the implementation of Technology Framework in various climate technology areas: Innovation, Implementation, Enabling environment and capacity building, Stakeholder engagement and Support. A panel discussion will follow to discuss how climate technology and the Technology Mechanism work can contribute to global efforts to “Recover Better”.

Moderator: Stephen Minas, Vice-Chair, TEC

15:00 - 15:05 | OPENING
Daniele Violetti, Director, Means of Implementation division, UNFCCC

15:05 - 15:20 |BRIEF UPDATES FROM THE TECHNOLOGY MECHANISM
Mareer Husny, Chair, TEC
Orly Jacob, Chair, Advisory Board of the CTCN
Rose Mwebaza, Director, CTCN

15:20 - 15:50 | MODERATED PANEL DISCUSSION

Mary Stewart, CEO, Energetics
Anand Tsog, Climate Change Officer, NDE Mongolia
Henrique Schneider, Chief Economist, Swiss Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises 
Roland Roesch, Deputy Director, Innovation and Technology Center, IRENA 

15:50 - 16:00 | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS


GUIDING QUESTIONS

Q1: As countries are preparing to recover from the global pandemic, what would be the competitive advantage of climate-smart technologies in shaping the world post Covid-19? Are there low-hanging fruits?

• Q2: We have heard the work of the TEC and CTCN in different areas of technology development and transfer. What impetus could be given at the country level in these areas to further accelerate climate action? How can the Technology Mechanism further help?

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• Q&A | Responses to questions submitted by participants that could not be answered during the event
  
• Article | 22 June 2020 - Supporting Green Recovery Through Deployment of Climate Technologies
  
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