Climate Technology Centre and Network (UNFCCC)
The CTCN is the operational arm of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Technology Mechanism and is hosted by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and 11 independent, regional organizations with expertise in climate technologies.
Read more: CTCN website and UNFCCC on CTCN.
Where?
Technology Mechanism (UNFCCC) as mentioned in #pacc10 - Technology development and transfer, taking into consideration the need for #aaaa122 - Coherence and synergies among science and technology initiatives and sustainable development targets:
- #SDT094 - by 2030 upgrade infrastructure &retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource use efficiency..
- #SDT1716 - multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technologies and financial resources
- #SDT131 - strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
- #SDT133 - improve education, awareness raising & human & institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation ..
- #SDT13b - Promote mechanisms for raising capacities for effective climate change related planning and management, in LDCs, ...
This network is part of #isic9900 - Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies.
The CTCN provides technical assistance in response to requests submitted by developing countries via their nationally-selected focal points, or National Designated Entities (NDEs).
Both for the Active Technical Assistance and for the Inactive requests there is webpage per request which includes the public request document with sections:
Recommendation: In order to enhance the mutual learning among development actors who are in need of technical assistance, it is proposed to share the webpages of the technical assistance requests using the hashtags explained in #tags in support of easy information retrieval (video).
Jan Goossenaerts
@collaboratewiki