BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a53294317a9b DTSTART:20230327T100000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20230327T110000Z LOCATION:Online and Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:26th CSTD special session: A conversation with great minds CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION: \n\nSpeakers:    \n\n\nMr. Hiroshi Amano\, Professor\, Ins titute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability\, Nagoya University (20 14 Nobel Prize winner in physics)\nMs. Karen Scrivener\, Professor École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)\, Switzerland\n\n\nModerator:   \n\n\nMs. Julia Sieger\, Broadcast Journalist\, France 24\n\n\nClimate change is a global challenge that calls for global solutions. And we cann ot address this challenge without science\, technology\, and innovation. T hese are critical adaptation tools that can be deployed to address the loo ming crisis that humanity is faced with. Innovation and advances in scienc e and technology\, if guided by the Sustainable Development Goals\, can be used to drive the world along more sustainable and equitable pathways\, p articularly in the generation and use of energy. The challenge is how to s cale these tools at speed to meet the needs of everyone\, especially the t hree-and-a-half billion people who live in countries highly vulnerable to climate impacts.\n\nOn 16 March\, UNCTAD published Technology and Innovati on Report 2023\, aptly themed Opening Green Windows: Technological opportu nities for a low-carbon world. The report suggests that the green technolo gy revolution offers developing countries not only the chance to build res ilience and mitigate climate disaster\, but also to spur economic and tech nological development\, allowing developing countries to “leap” out of the cascade of crisis and move forward.\n\nGreen technologies – those u sed to produce goods and services with smaller carbon footprints – are g rowing and providing increasing economic opportunities\, but many developi ng countries could miss them unless national governments and the internati onal community take decisive action.\n\nA green technology revolution mean s sharing knowledge and technologies with all countries\, equally. Current ly\, most of the global capacity\, technology and expertise is housed with in a handful of countries. As the world transitions to a net-zero\, resili ent and just future\, we cannot allow developing countries to fall behind. \n\nThis year’s Conversation with Great Minds will address issues includ ing how to prioritize R&\;D for climate change – especially for the m ost vulnerable people – how to share knowledge and technology\, and what should be the role of governments and the UN to help.\nhttps://unctad.org /publication/technology-and-innovation-report-2023\n\nView meeting on unct ad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/26th-cstd-special-session-conversation- great-minds DTSTAMP:20260712T054227Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR