COP 30 Side Event | Affordable Access to Technologies Vital to Achieving Climate Goals

Technology transfer has long been recognized in international treaties and UN outcome documents as essential for achieving climate mitigation and adaptation goals. However, the technologies most needed to accelerate climate action often fail to reach the regions that need them most, and their adoption is limited by multiple barriers. Trade can play a critical role in facilitating access to these technologies, particularly where domestic production is costly or complex. However, accelerating affordable access requires a broader approach. 

This session will explore the full range of factors that influence technology access, including capital costs, skills, regulatory environments, investment, trade policies, and the roles of public, private, and academic sectors. It will also highlight win-win solutions such as co-development, local production, and strategic partnerships.

Participants will gain insights into how diverse actors can collaborate to ensure that those most in need of climate technologies and capacity-building support can access them affordably, while delivering co-benefits for biodiversity, pollution reduction, and progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.

Speakers

• Chantal Line Carpentier, Head of the Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch, UN Trade and Development
• Yasmin Sherif Ismail Mohamed
• Ieva Baršauskaitė, Lead, Trade and Green Transition, International Institute for Sustainable Development
• Manon Frezouls, Youth Negotiator
• UN Resident Coordinator, Republic of Congo (tbc)
• ISO Representative (tbc)