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Technology Development and Transfer
for Climate Change Mitigation and
Adaptation: Imperatives for South Africa
26th September 2011
Kwa-Zulu Natal Pre-COP 17 Summit
Introduction | South African Context | Effective
Technology Transfer | Examples
Tech Development &Transfer
• Decision 1/CP. 16
– “Confirming the importance of promoting and enhancing national and international
cooperative action on the development and transfer of environmentally sound
technologies to developing country Parties to support action on mitigation and
adaptation…”
– “Encourages Parties, in the context of Article 4, 1(c) and 5, of the convention and
consistent with their respective capabilities and national circumstances and priorities,
to undertake domestic actions identified through country-driven approaches, to
engage in bilateral and multilateral cooperative activities on technology development
and transfer and to increase private and public research, development and
demonstration in relation to technologies for mitigation and adaptation”
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Status Quo: TD&T in RSA
R&D
Graduates,
publications,
patents, END
Proof of Concept
Development and
Demonstration
Very few
willing to
take this
next
step!
Few get
to stage
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Commercialization
Even
fewer get
to stage
Industrialization
and Production
1:1000?
Imperatives for South Africa
• 4 key challenges in TD&T:
– Capacity (institutional, human, policy
and regulatory)
– Funding
– Intellectual property rights
– Awareness
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Mitigation and Adaptation Costs
• Mitigation
– USD 260 to 670 billion /
year required for
additional by 2030
• Adaptation
– USD 33 to 163 billion /
year
• In developing nations
– USD 82 to 260 billion /
Perhaps a global technology fund will assist?
Body of Science and Technical Advice, Bonn, 2009
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year additional for
Effective TD & T
Aim to
localize this
R&D
Ensure
alignment with
socio-economic
and industry
needs
Proof of Concept
Development and
Demonstration
Commercialization
Industrialization
and Production
Leverage existing
national funding
instruments
Seed funding
– high risk
Provincial Technology Development and Transfer Coordinating Office
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Create
Enabling
Environment:
Policies and
Regulations
Potential Technology Areas
Maintain soil carbon
content
Efficient use of fertilizers
Energy
supply
Agriculture
Transport
Mitigation
options
Forestry
Buildings
Waste
manageme
nt
Industry
Distributed waste to
energy technologies
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Minimum performance
standards
Impact of EE and RETEs
• Renewable energy technologies:
– Different maturity levels
– Fast track deployment
– Select R&D technologies that will
maximize provincial / national
+ R/tCO2_eq
resources
• Energy efficiency
CCS
CSP
Wind
(small)
– Residential sector
PV
– Commercial and Industrial (incl.
- R/tCO2_eq
Res. EE
Trans.) sectors (clusters model)
Biomas
s to
energy
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Com. EE
Abatement potential
GtCo2_eq/year
Summary
• South Africa to strengthen links with developing nations
• Develop / adapt tools to model the potential impact of Climate
Change
• Ensure that policy and regulatory barriers are identified early
• Aim to localize technology development and production
• Build capacity to support in-bound technologies
• Identify key provincial / national technology focus areas and develop
own technology transfer strategies
• Leverage existing funding and support instruments
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Thank You!
Dr. Tsakani Lotten Mthombeni
GM: Energy
Technology Innovation Agency
[email protected]
+27 12 472 2796
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+ R/tCO2_eq
Extra Slide
CCS
Wind (small)
CSP
PV
Com. EE
- R/tCO2_eq
Res. EE
Development and transfer of technology: for mitigation and adaptation
*IEA
~>50% can be achieved by EETs and RETs
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Abatement potential
GtCo2_eq/year