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CASE STUDIES OF
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
PROJECTS AND
PARTNERSHIPS
A SMALL ISLAND PERSPECTIVE
Kishan Kumarsingh
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Technology
transfer issues
Technology needs and technology needs
assessment
 Need for “soft” technologies used in
developing local and regional climate models
to reduce uncertainty in vulnerability issues;
 Need for development of capacity and
know-how in climate change assessment across
all sectors (cross-cutting issues)
 Need for continuous assessment of
vulnerability and adaptation options (avoidance
of maladaptation)
Technology
transfer issues
Technology information
 Establishment of an international Technology
Information Network involving public and private
sector players to enable access to, and discussion
of, adaptation and other environmentally sound
technologies including mitigation on a continuous
and sustained basis - possibly linked to SIDSNet for
more effective delivery to SIDS
 Development of in-country network of institutions
in public and private sector in CC and
environmentally sound technologies to engender
discussion on needs across sectors
Technology
transfer issues
 Capacity building for technology transfer
 Establishment and development of in-country
networking dialogue on technology needs and
capacity gaps
Establishment of academic programmes in
relevant national and regional institutions,
particularly at the tertiary level
 Enhancement of existing endogenous capacities
and technologies, including south-south
cooperation and collaboration, especially among
SIDs
Technology
transfer issues
 Transfer of technology mechanisms
 Establishment of regional and sub-regional
Climate Change Centers that will serve as a
clearing house on climate change issues including
technology transfer
 CCC may also serve as quality control nodes
and will advise on adoption and operation and
maintenance
Priority Concerns of SIDs for
Capacity Building and
Technology Transfer
 Building Responsive Capacity: Transfer of
technology mechanisms
 address policy nexus between socio-economic
development concerns and sustainability and
equity issues related to GCC
Develop appropriate coastal zone management
practices and systems that reduce vulnerability and
increase the natural resilience of SIDS coastal and
marine environments
Priority Concerns of SIDs for
Capacity Building and
Technology Transfer
 Building Responsive Capacity: Transfer of
technology mechanisms
 Develop appropriate frameworks for SIDS to
address linkages between availability of water
resources, food security and the impacts of GCC
 Linkages between patterns of energy production
and consumption and CC and between energy
and sustainable development - need for strategies
and mechanisms for the use of new and renewable
forms of energy.
Priority Concerns of SIDs for
Capacity Building and
Technology Transfer
 Building Responsive Capacity: Transfer of
technology mechanisms
 Promotion of energy conservation and energy
efficiency, and adoption, development and
dissemination of renewable and innovative energy
technologies and systems
 Address impacts on human health and on overall
socio-economic development and infrastructure in
SIDS, particularly in the tourism sector
Priority Concerns of SIDs for
Capacity Building and
Technology Transfer
 SIDS are generally net importers of energy
technologies in power generation, motor vehicles and
marine and air transport
 Also net importers of hard and soft technologies in
adaptation as well as in mitigation and weather
forecasting
 SIDS therefore do not have the resources to develop
technologies to adapt to or mitigate against CC technologies are purchased, when available, at
commercial rates, which often inflates tech needed in
CC
Technology Needs, Capacity
Building and Research and
Development
 Recognised lacunae in the institutional and
intellectual capacity required to fully comprehend, on
an ongoing basis, required technology needs and
assessment of those needs to adequately address the
impacts of CC
Technology Needs, Capacity
Building and Research and
Development
Institutional strengthening, training and education
- training in predictive computer modeling for
GCMs and know-how in conducting integrated
climate change assessments
- training in conducting technology and
capacity needs assessments
- development of a programme of action for
data collection using GIS to inform planning decisions
- enhancement of the physical and human
infrastructure in key institutions for data collection
Some Examples of Success
Stories in SIDS
CARIBBEAN ISLAND COUNTRIES
Promotion of solar water heating systems
Technical feasibility and financial costs for
reattachment and transplantation as a restoration tool
for damaged corals in Barbados
Solar energy demonstration project Solar energy for
Bouton
Caribbean Planning For Adaptation to Global
Climate Change (CPACC)

Some Examples of Success
Stories in SIDS
Pacific Island Countries
Development of National Legislation and Provision of
assistance to Governments for Pollution Control
Programmes
Electrification of Rural Areas Using solar photovoltaic
systems
Small Island Developing States Technical
Cooperation (SIDSTEC)
Some Examples of Success
Stories in SIDS
Indian Ocean. Mediterranean and Atlantic
(IMA) Island Countries
Extensive Use of solar water heaters in Cyprus
Renewable energy project for rangers in the Marine
Park Authority
Thank you
for your
kind attention!