Transcript Technology transfer under the CBD

Technology Transfer under the CBD
Opportunities for Cooperation CBD - UNFCCC
Markus Lehmann
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montréal
UNFCCC Seminar on adaptation technologies
Tobago, 14 – 16 June 2005
CBD Objectives
• Conservation of biological diversity
• Sustainable use of its components
• Fair and equitable sharing of the benefits
arising out of the utilization of genetic
resources
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CBD Objectives
Definition of biological diversity
Variability among living organisms from
all sources; this includes diversity
• within species,
• between species, and
• of ecosystems
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CBD Objectives
The 2010 target
“to achieve by 2010 a significant
reduction in the current rate of loss of
biological diversity”
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Technology transfer
Article 16 CBD
Parties to provide and/or facilitate access to
and transfer of technologies that are
relevant to
• the conservation and
• sustainable use of biological diversity or
• make use of genetic resources
and do not cause significant harm to the
environment.
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Technology transfer
Article 16 CBD
• Access and transfer to be provided under fair and
most favorable terms
• Access to genetic resources in exchange for access
to, and transfer of, technology that makes use of
those genetic resources
• Transfer includes technology protected by
intellectual property rights
• Transfer in accordance with international law
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Technology transfer
Examples
• technologies for in-situ conservation
• technologies for ex-situ conservation
• technologies related to sustainable use
• monitoring technologies
Many activities already ongoing through bilateral
and multilateral cooperation…
• Second national reports; reports on technology transfer
• Trondheim Conference 2003
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Technology transfer
Programme of Work
• adopted by decision VII/29 in February
2004
• activities on the following programme
elements:
• Technology assessments
• Information systems
• Creating enabling environments
• Capacity building and enhancement
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Technology transfer
Programme of Work: implementation
• First phase: analytical and conceptual work
to be undertaken by the Secretariat
• assisted by
• Expert group on technology transfer
• Informal Advisory Committee of the clearing
house mechanism
• work will be considered by COP-8
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Biodiversity & Climate Change
Activities under CBD
• 2001 – 2003: Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group
• Report on biodiversity considerations in design of
climate change strategies and activities
• Now: supplementary assessment on integration of
biodiversity in the implementation of adaptation
activities to climate change
• Meeting of technical experts in September 2005
• Report will be submitted to SBSTTA-11, in
December 2005
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Biodiversity & Climate Change
Two sets of technologies…
Technologies of
relevance under
CBD
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Technologies for
adaptation to
climate change
Biodiversity & Climate Change
Interlinkages I
CBD technologies: opportunities for
adaptation to climate change
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technology for conservation and sustainable
use: Resilience of ecosystems and adaptive
capacity
technology that makes use of genetic
resources: crops with higher resistance
against extreme climate events
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Biodiversity & Climate Change
Interlinkages II
UNFCCC adaptation technologies:
positive, neutral, negative effects for
biodiversity possible
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Coastline protection and management as an
example
Synergy possible but also tradeoffs
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Biodiversity & Climate Change
Interlinkages III
both sets of technologies notoriously
difficult to define/conceptualize
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problem for designing an enabling
environment that is well-targeted
Opportunities for sharing experiences/good
practices
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Conclusions
Opportunities for synergy exist…
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in transferring technology
in designing targeted processes for fostering
transfer of technology
…but each process also has its own issues…
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UNFCCC: mitigation technologies
CBD: access and benefit sharing
…and there are limitations to synergy
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which require cooperation to minimize tradeoffs
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For further information:
www.biodiv.org
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