Transcript Experiences and lessons learned from the TNA of China

UNFCCC workshop on Technology Needs Assessments
Bonn, Germany
1 - 2 June 2011
Experiences and lessons learned
from the TNA of China
WANG Can
Tsinghua University, China
A brief overview of Studies on TNA in China
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Greentech Initiative - "The Greentech Report 2009"
McKinsey - "China's Green Revolution"
UNDP Second National Communication
Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) - "Analysis of Implementation of GHG
Mitigation Measures in China"
Remin University - Proposal on Innovative Mechanism for Development and
Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs)
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) – Assessment and
Application Study on Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction Technologies in
Key Sectors in China.
APP – Energy efficiency and resource saving technologies in cement sector
etc.
China Academy of Science – High Tech Development Report Year 2010
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Case 1: Remin University Study - Proposal on
Innovative Mechanism for Development and Transfer
of Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs)
• Overview：A brief overview at national level
• Criteria: Environment, technical, economic, social；
• Priority Sector: Energy, Iron and Steel, Cement,
Transportation, Building, Metrological observation,
weather forecasting, agriculture, costal protection,
biological system protection, biodiversity;
• Barrier: Supplier (political barriers, over protection of
IPR); receiver (lack of capacity, capital and human
resource);
• TNA list: 42 mitigation technologies, 11 adaptation
technologies
Case 2: MIIT Project - Energy saving and pollution
reduction technology assessment and application
study in major sectors
• Overview: Iron and steel, petrol chemical, feral metal,
automobile, light industry, construction material,
electrical information, equipment manufacturing: current
status and structure of technologies.
• Criteria: social economic, material consumption,
pollution emisson;
• Priority sectors: Iron and steel etc, 11 sectors;
• Barriers: NA
• TNA list: Database for energy saving and pollution
reduction technology sector by sector;
Case 3: National Assessment Report
• Overview: Overview at National level;
• Criteria: cost and potential;
• Priority sector: energy supply (clean coal, CCS), energy
end use (industry, transportation, building), industrial
process, agriculture and forestry and LULUCF;
• Barriers: Social, technological, economic, institutional,
mainly for technology receivers;
• TNA list: Mitigation technology list sector by sector;
Key Findings from the Existing TNA Studies
• Overview: Still lack comprehensive overview on major sectors (mitigation and
adaptation), regional difference should be emphasized;
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Comprehensive sector overview: mitigation and adaptation, technology structure, regional
perspective;
• Criteria: Lack methodology for TNA criteria, most focus only on cost and
potential;
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Criteria beyond cost and potential;
• Priority Sector: Consistent mitigation priority sector but with different detail,
few study on adaptation, only at national level without consideration on
regional level;
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Priority sector cover both mitigation and adaptation, regional perspective;
• Barriers: Most focus on technology receivers, lack of case study;
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Both from supplier and receivers based on case studies;
• TNA list: lack review on technology development in potential supply countries,
technology list instead of technology needs list;
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Technology supplier overview, identification of potential suppliers
• Technology mechanism: Only one study address this issue;
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Assessment of technology transfer mechanism at both international and national level;
Suggestions for TNA in China
• Obtain a large number of first-hand information directly from enterprises
with the help of industry associations；
• Take into consideration specific development stage, resource endowment
and the feasibility and applicability of technology in China when selecting
sectors and technologies;
• Pay attention to the dual industrial structure in China when assessing
technology needs, emphasize technologies which is suitable for SMEs;
• Establish technology information database and network platform which
reflect the real data of technology in China like TechWiki;
• Build up long-term mechanism for taking regular assessments of technology
needs through establishment of institutions, network and capacity building;
• Design a special outreach plan for the application and dissemination the
results of TNA
China Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Schematic
Technical
Oversight,
Synthesis and
Steering
Group
• Finalize and roll-out methodology
– Ensure proper application at sector-level
Technology
needs &
barriers
• Synthesize and aggregate technology
appraisal results
– report and database
• Workshops, Training and Dissemination
Methodology
Technology information
Technology Appraisals and Surveys
Mitigation
Adaptation
• Sector appraisals to
identify, prioritize &
evaluate needs (a
Call for Proposals will
determine the
adequate level of
effort for each
appraisal).
• Sector appraisals to
identify, prioritize &
evaluate needs (a
Call for Proposals
will determine the
adequate level of
effort for each
appraisal).
Provincial
Level
• 5 provinciallevel appraisals
TNA and Technology Transfer
(TT) Capacity Building
National Networking
- TT information collection and analysis
- Facilitation
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Training
Provincial Level
- Design and manage technology
databases
- Training / facilitation to define
technology information and needs
- Personnel exchange for training on TNA
and tech transfer process
Sectoral Level
- Serve as knowledge center for sector
specific technologies
- Design and manage plant-level tech
databases
- Foreign / national state of the art
technology reviews/scanning
- Training / facilitation
Overall objectives
• Identify all possible technologies the improvements of which can help better
address the issues associated climate change (either through emission
reduction or adapting to changing climatic conditions) in China;
• Prioritize those technologies according to important climate-related criteria
such as emission reduction potential and benefit improvement of climate
impact, caused by filling the gaps, if any, between best available technologies
at the local, Chinese level, and best available technologies at the global level.
Other criteria such as efficiency of the technologies, cost-effectiveness,
environmental and social impact, and feasibility of integrating with existing
systems in a Chinese context, are also considered;
• For the prioritized technologies, analyze and understand the potential
mechanisms and barriers that are impeding the transfer of the global best
available technologies to Chinese users to enable their widespread diffusion
and the more effective means for the country to address climate change
mitigation and adaptation.
Scope of Work
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1. Identification of Technology Use in China
2. Identification of Global Best Practice Technologies
3. Analyses of Gaps and Impacts
4. Analyses of Barriers in Technology Transfer
5. Technology Prioritization
6. Capacity Building for TNA and Technology Transfer and
Development