Technology Executive Committee
Strengthening climate technology policies
Impact, performance and activities
How has the Technology Executive Committee enhanced climate technology development and transfer? This page provides an overview of the committee's activities and outcomes for the thematic areas of work under its rolling workplan for 2019-2022.
2022
Activity
- An event at the ARC Festival - "National Innovations System"
2021
Outcome
- Compilation of good practices and lessons learned on international collaborative research, development and demonstration initiatives of climate technology
- Executive summaries for targeted audience on international collaborative RD&D
- Key messages and recommendations to COP26 and CMA3 on international collaborative research, development and demonstration
-Technical paper on emerging climate technologies in the energy supply sector
Activity
- Technology Day event at COP 26 - The Best of Both Worlds: Uniting Adaptation Technologies and Nature-based Solutions to Enhance Coastal and Ocean Resilience
- Technology Day - Scaling up of Integrated Approaches to Strengthening Coastal and Ocean Adaptation in countries: informing national policies and local action
- Technology Day - Innovative approaches on adaptation technology - Ecosystems and Technology: Innovative Approaches to Strengthening Coastal and Ocean Adaptation
- Asia-Pacific Climate Week, including:
Panel Discussion: Innovation and emerging technologies for Sustainable Energy
Deep dive session: Harnessing ocean potential and securing sustainable energy access in the Asia Pacific
Deep dive session: Unlocking green hydrogen’s potential in the Asia Pacific
- International collaborative RD&D - Launching of the TEC compilation of good practices and lessons learned
2020
Activity
- UN Climate Change Dialogues 2020 - Technology Day - Innovative approaches on adaptation technologies: Launch and thematic session on Climate Smart Agriculture
- Deep dive session at GSTIC 2020 conference: "Innovative approaches for climate adaptation technologies
2022
Outcome
- TEC Brief #15 - Linkages between technology needs assessment process and nationally determined contributions process
- Technical paper: Linkages Between the Technology Needs Assessment Process and the Nationally Determined Contribution Process
- Key messages and recommendations to COP27 and CMA4 on linkages between the technical needs assessment and nationally determined contribution processes
2021
Outcome
- TEC Brief #14: Innovative approaches to accelerating and scaling up implementation of mature climate technologies
- Key messages and recommendations to COP26 and CMA3 on innovative approaches to stimulating the uptake of existing clean technology solutions
2020
Outcome
- Key messages on TNA
- Recommendations of the Technology Executive Committee on ways forward and actions to be taken based on outcomes of technical expert meetings on mitigation in 2020
- TEC Brief 13: Enhancing Implementation of the Results of Technology Needs Assessments
- Publication: Innovative approaches to accelerating and scaling up climate technology implementation for mitigation and adaptation
2019
Outcome
- Recommendations of the Technology Executive Committee on ways forward and actions to be taken based on the outcomes of the technical expert meetings on mitigation
- Paper on good practices in conducting TNAs
2022
Outcome
- Technical paper: Deep Decarbonization Technologies for Sustainable Road Mobility
- Technical paper: Enabling Environments and Challenges to Technology Development and Transfer - Identified in - Technology Needs Assessments, Nationally Determined Contributions, and Technical Assistance provided by the Climate Technology Centre and Network
- Key messages and recommendations to COP27 and CMA4 on technologies for sustainable road mobility
Activity
- Thematic dialogue on enabling environments to incentivize the private and public sector in the development and transfer of technologies
- Thematic dialogue "The future of mobility - Advancing resilient, intelligent, sustainable and equitable mobility systems towards the implementation of the Paris Agreement" - in collaboration with the BMW Foundation
2021
Outcome
- Building Capacities in Climate Technologies: Understanding Gaps, Needs, Challenges and Enabling Measures to Promote Endogenous Capacities and Technologies
- Key messages and recommendations to COP26 and CMA3 on endogenous capacities and technologies
2019
Outcome
- Key messages to COP25 on Endogenous capacities and technologies
Activity
- Dialogue on Endogenous capacities and technologies at COP25
2022
Outcome
- Joint policy brief on Innovative approaches for strengthening ocean and coastal adaptation
Activity
- Deep dive session at GSTIC 2022 conference - "Climate Technology and Adaptation: Youth-Led Innovative approaches"
2020
Outcome
- Joint policy brief on technologies for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage in coastal zones
- Key messages and recommendations to COP26 and CMA3 on technologies for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage in coastal zones
Activity
- Virtual regional TEM-M on "Climate smart cooling solutions for sustainable buildings in Eastern Europe and West Asia"
- Virtual regional TEM-M on "Climate smart cooling solutions for sustainable buildings in Asia and the Pacific"
- Virtual regional TEM-M on "Climate smart cooling solutions for sustainable buildings in Latin America and the Caribbean"
- Virtual regional TEM-M on "Climate smart cooling solutions for sustainable buildings in Africa"
2019
Outcome
- Recommendations of the Technology Executive Committee on ways forward and actions to be taken based on the outcomes of the technical expert meetings on mitigation
- Inputs of the TEC to COP 25 stocktake on pre-2020 implementation and ambition
Activity
- Expert Dialogue on technologies for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage in coastal zones
- Regional Technical Expert Meetings on Circular economy solutions and innovations in water and energy management for the agri-food chain in Salvador de Brazil
- Regional Technical Expert Meetings on Decentralized solutions for smart energy and water use in the agri-food chain in Bangkok
2022
Outcome
- Input: draft guidance to the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism
- Technical paper: Experiences and lessons learned from support for climate technologies provided by the operating entities of the financial mechanism
- Policy brief on Experiences, Lessons Learned, and Good Practices from GCF and GEF Support for Climate Technologies
- Key messages and recommendations to COP27 and CMA4: on support for climate technologies
Activity
- 7th GCF annual meeting with constituted bodies
2021
Outcome
- Input: draft guidance to the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism
- 6th GCF annual meeting with constituted bodies
2020
Activity
- Dialogue on experiences and lessons learned from the evaluation of the Poznan strategic programme on technology transfer
- 5th GCF annual meeting with constituted bodies
2019
Outcome
- Report: Updated evaluation of the Poznan strategic programme on technology transfer
- Input: draft guidance to the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism
Outcomes
- TEC and CTCN Joint Publication
Technology and Nationally Determined Contributions: Stimulating the Uptake of Technologies in Support of Nationally Determined Contribution Implementation
- Joint annual report of the TEC and the CTCN for 2022
- Joint annual report of the TEC and the CTCN for 2021
- Joint annual report of the TEC and the CTCN for 2020
- Joint annual report of the TEC and the CTCN for 2019
Activities
- Technology Mechanism side event at COP 27 - Fostering technology innovation to support countries in implementing the Paris Agreement
- Technology mechanism side event at SB 56 "Technology’s role in constructing more ambitious NDCs"
- Technology mechanism side event at COP 26 - Fostering technology uptake to support NDC implementation and greater ambition
- Panel discussion on Technology and NDCs
- UN Climate Change Dialogues 2020 - Technology Mechanism virtual event - Fostering innovation to help countries build climate resilience and reduce GHG emissions
- June Momentum for Climate Change - Technology Mechanism virtual event
- Technology Mechanism side event at COP 25
- Technology Mechanism side event at SB 50
A list of activities and outcomes of the Technology Executive Committee since its inception until 2018 can be seen here.
