Technology Mechanism at SB64: Accelerating Climate Action through Partnerships under the Technology Mechanism

📌 Room Bonn, World Conference Centre Bonn

Background

The Technology Mechanism serves the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement through a policy body, the Technology Executive Committee (TEC), and an implementation body, the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) to facilitate enhanced action on the development and transfer of climate change adaptation and mitigation technologies. The TEC and the CTCN deliver on their mandates with the support of governments, UN partners, climate funds, and the private sector, among others. This side event showcases effective partnership models of the TEC and the CTCN and provides practical insights from the work of the Technology Mechanism on accelerating the deployment of climate technologies.

Objectives

• Showcase how existing partnerships contribute to the implementation of the Joint Work Programme of the Technology Mechanism (2023-2027) and mandates of the TEC and the CTCN under the Convention and the Paris Agreement

• Explore concrete opportunities for partnerships to scale up the deployment of climate technologies through the Technology Mechanism

Format

The event will demonstrate how a variety of partners support the work of the TEC and CTCN and feature a moderated panel discussion on objectives and achievements of those partnerships, including strategic insights from partnership experiences, enabling factors and opportunities to further enhance impact.

Agenda

Moderator: Maria Misovicova, Chief, Resource Mobilization and Partnerships, UN Climate Change Secretariat.
 
13:30-13:40 | Opening 
 

• Sophie De Coninck, Director, Means of Implementation Division, UN Climate Change Secretariat;
• Ariesta Ningrum, Director, CTCN Secretariat.

13:40-14:20 |  Presentations and Panel Discussion
 

• Hae Kim, Director, Climate Diplomacy Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea:Supporting the work of the TEC for delivering of the Technology Mechanism Initiative on AI for Climate Action through the UNFCCC-KOICA Climate Future Partnership;
• Dietram Oppelt, NDE Germany: Accelerating industrial decarbonization through the TEC;
• Mikko Ollikainen, Adaptation Fund: Linking innovation and technology support with adaptation finance and scaling-up project pipelines in partnership with CTCN;
• Anne Dekeukelaere, Facilitator, Global Cement and Concrete Association: Delivering on the Cement and Concrete Breakthrough Agenda with the CTCN.

14:20-14:35 | Q&A

14:35-14:45 | Closing Remarks

• Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva, Chair, TEC 
• Kaoru Yamaguchi, Vice-Chair, CTCN Advisory Board