The key role of digital technogies in enhanced climate action

4 - 6 May 2022 7th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals.

As in previous years, the theme of the STI Forum was closely aligned with that of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), to be held from 5 July to 7 July, and on 11 July to 15 July 2022, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, but have an exclusive focus on the role and contributions of science, technology and innovation. The HLPF in 2022 will review in-depth Sustainable Development Goals 4 on quality education, 5 on gender equality, 14 on life below water, 15 on life on land, and 17 on partnerships for the Goals. The upcoming HLPF will take into account the different and particular impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across all Sustainable Development Goals and the integrated, indivisible and interlinked nature of the Goals.

Extracts of the programme

04/05/2022. Side event: The key role of digital technologies in enhanced climate action and SDG achievement 

by Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) 

This event, discussed and showcased digitization technologies such as UAVs and sensor-based irrigation which can bolster food security, diversify livelihoods, and reverse gender inequality. Blockchain can be applied in both climate mitigation and adaptation for climate finance mobilization, facilitation of access to data, and development of digital infrastructure for climate markets.

The event exhibited ways in which the CTCN and its implementing partners are improving capacity for applying these technologies. It discussed the potential for scale-up of digital technologies to enable broader transformational change.

• Moderator: Rose Mwebaza (Director, UN Climate Technology Centre and Network)
• Claire Henly, Special Assistant to the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry
• Erwin Rose, United States Department of State and CTCN Advisory Board Vice Chair
• Jürg Füssler, INFRAS, Climate Ledger Initiative (CLI)
• Denis Macharia, RCMRD, CTCN Technical Assistance on UAVs in Eswatini
• Anouk Chamayou, Weatherforce, CTCN Technical Assistance on agrometeorological tools in Mali

04/05 DigitalArt4Climate & Blockchain4Climate

IAAI GloCha and partners presented ongoing work with the DigitalArt4Climate initiative https://digitalart4climate.space/ and the MENA regional network on Blockchain4Climate as social and technological innovations which enable meaningful and rewarding youth climate action empowerment and creative economy in the run-up to the UN Climate Change conferences COP27 (2022 in Egypt) and COP27 (in 2023 in UAE).

05/05/2022 Pre-event 1: Accelerating technological solutions for the SDGs - the Global Sustainable Technology & Innovation Community (G-STIC)

This event made a special contribution by GSTIC, one of the most important academic partners of the STI Forum since its inception. The session will feature key technology solutions for the SDGs and means and ways to get engaged and make a difference.

• Dr. Paulo Gadelha, former President & coordinator Strategy for 2030 Agenda, Fiocruz (Brazil)
• Introduction & Key findings G-STIC DubaiMr. Dirk Fransaer, Managing Director, VITO (Belgium)
• Some inspiring examples of integrated technological solutions for the SDGsDr. Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI (India)
• TERI’s TADOX® technology for Wastewater TreatmentDr. Thulani Dlamini, Chief Executive Officer, CSIR (South Africa)
• Transitioning to a circular economyDr. Dietrich Van der Weken, General Manager, G-STIC
• G-STIC Climate Action ProgrammeDr. Paulo Gadelha, former President & coordinator Strategy for 2030 Agenda, Fiocruz (Brazil) - Sneak preview G-STIC Rio

04/05 12:00 CEST Role of Green Business Incubator in Developing Green Startups & SME’s for the Climate Resilience

Related: APEC (2011) The Role of Business Incubators in Developing Green Technology‐Based SMEs, Asia‐Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat  #76 p.

This book (2011) was written as the part of outcome from The International Workshop and Training “the Role of Business Incubators in Developing Green Technology-Based SMEs” conducted by APEC Small and Medium Enterprise Working Group at Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 27-29 September 2011. The intention was to provide a practical manual on the guidelines for business incubator management to implement plans to nurture new green technology-based SMEs, and information about examples of successful green technology based SMEs, most of them are incubatees from business and technology incubators in the APEC member economies. 

04/05 Just and inclusive clean energy transition in Africa: partnerships with non-State actors for technological and innovative solutions

04/05 18:00 CEST The key role of digital technologies in developing countries to enhance climate action and SDG achievement

Main events: extracts:

05/05 13:30 CEST Pre-event 1: Accelerating technological solutions for the SDGs - the Global Sustainable Technology & Innovation Community (G-STIC)
05/05 20:15 CEST Pre-event 2: UN system work on STI for the SDGs, including outcomes of regional STI Forums and global thematic conferences
06/05 16:00 CEST Thematic Session 3: Global, national, and local innovation ecosystems
06/05 20:10 CEST Roundtable 3: Science and technology futures and scenarios for the SDGs and beyond: what is possible and what does it take?
06/05 21:00 CEST Thematic Session 5: Emerging carbon dioxide removal technologies for addressing climate change