Negotiation Indices

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ecbi
european capacity building initiative initiative
européenne de renforcement des capacités
Technology transfer in the 2015 Agreement
Spencer Thomas
for sustained capacity building in support of
international climate change negotiations pour un
renforcement durable des capacités en appui aux
négociations internationales sur les changements
climatiques
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Obligation

• Annex 2 parties to promote, facilitate, finance
  technology transfer
• Both mitigation and adaptation technologies
• Development and diffusion of technology
• Technology mechanisms- TEC, CTCN
• Effectiveness?

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ADP

• No convergence on the design of ADP
• Mitigation is the key element
• Linkages with adaptation and means of
  implementation
• Value added, enhanced implementation, enabler,
  incentives, flexibility, broad participation,
  enable early ratification

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Key issues

• Provision and Access to finance
• Removal of barriers IPRs flexibility,
  concessional acquisition, costs.
• Technology- Access, Transfer, Development, scale,
  quality, indigenous vs end user.
• Enhanced Capacity building-adoption
• Institutional and enabling frameworks
• MRV- robust, transparent

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Questions

• Should technology transfer be an integral part of
  the agreement
• Should technology transfer be part of the broader
  agreement
• What is the role of the private sector
• How critical is the IPR issue
• Which countries should contribute and to get
  access to technology

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Questions

• How can technology transfer in the agreement ramp
  up mitigation ambition
• How can technology transfer mobilize change and
  facilitate investments, drive innovation and
  financial flows, reflect dynamism
• How stringent are the MRV provisions
• How to ensure that the ADP is ratifiable
• What is the appropriate time frame

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