1. Technology Transfer under the CBD Opportunities for Cooperation CBD - UNFCCC 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

2. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 2 CBD Overview 188 Parties; entry into force 29 December 1993 Institutions: Conference of the Parties (COP); COP-7: 9-20 February 2004, Kuala Lumpur Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) Open-ended Working Groups; other ad-hoc bodies as necessary Secretariat Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; 119 Parties; entry into force 11 September 2003 COP-MOP 2: June 2005 Compliance Committee

3. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 3 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

4. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 4 CBD Objectives Definition of biological diversity Variability among living organisms from all sources; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems

5. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 5 CBD Objectives The 2010 target “to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction in the current rate of loss of biological diversity”

6. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 6 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.

7. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 7 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

8. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 8 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

9. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 9 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

10. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 10 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

11. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 11 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

12. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 12 Technologies for adaptation to climate change Biodiversity & Climate Change Technologies of relevance under CBD Two sets of technologies…

13. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 13 Biodiversity & Climate Change Interlinkages I CBD technologies: opportunities for adaptation to climate change  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

14. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 14 Biodiversity & Climate Change Interlinkages II UNFCCC adaptation technologies: positive, neutral, negative effects for biodiversity possible  Coastline protection and management as an example  Synergy possible but also tradeoffs

15. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 15 Biodiversity & Climate Change Interlinkages III both sets of technologies notoriously difficult to define/conceptualize  problem for designing an enabling environment that is well-targeted  Opportunities for sharing experiences/good practices

16. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 16 Conclusions Opportunities for synergy exist…  in transferring technology  in designing targeted processes for fostering transfer of technology …but each process also has its own issues…  UNFCCC: mitigation technologies  CBD: access and benefit sharing …and there are limitations to synergy  which require cooperation to minimize tradeoffs

17. UNFCCC Seminar -- June 2005 – Slide 17 For further information: www.biodiv.org