The new Technology Framework and the need for accelerated actions was the focus of the CTCN Asia Regional Forum held 2 to 3 September, 2019 in Bangkok Thailand.  As expressed by Mr. Ping Zhong, CTCN Advisory Board Member, ‘We see fires in the Amazon and Siberia, record breaking temperatures in Western Europe and the Arctic Circle. These facts demonstrate that climate change isn’t a threat, it’s a reality.’

The Asia-Pacific Regional Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) was convened on the theme of Decentralized Solutions for Smart Energy and Water Use in the Agri-Food Chain organized by UNFCCC secretariat in collaboration with Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network. To set the scene, Mr. Ovais Sarmand, Deputy Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, reminded participants of the ‘climate emergency and the criticality of climate action…to raise ambition and mobilize stakeholders to build momentum for concrete action’.