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LOCATION:Online and Bangkok\, Thailand\, 
SUMMARY:Opening green windows: Technological opportunities for a low-carbon
  world in Asia and the Pacific
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DESCRIPTION:Green technologies offer transformative solutions to achieve bo
 th economic development and climate change mitigation. They offer a viable
  route for countries in Asia and the Pacific to upgrade their productive c
 apabilities and advance their catching-up process by deploying cleaner pro
 duction processes and products. By developing green innovations\, countrie
 s can open ‘green windows of opportunity’ for not only building resili
 ence and climate change mitigation mechanisms but also for spurring econom
 ic growth and technological development. These opportunities can particula
 rly support developing countries to “leap” out of the cascade of crise
 s and move forward. However\, knowledge generation regarding frontier tech
 nologies and technology diffusion is concentrated in some developed countr
 ies\, especially in the Global North.\n\nThis side event of ESCAP 79th ses
 sion of the Commission\, coorganized by UNCTAD\, ESCAP and the Internation
 al Institute for Trade and Development (ITD)\, presented UNCTAD&#039\;s T
 echnology and Innovation Report 2023\, followed by an interactive discussi
 on between experts covering the recommendations of the report for countrie
 s in Asia and the Pacific to move forward in promoting sustainable develop
 ment. It highlighted good practices by national governments and the intern
 ational community that gather resources and build the required know-how to
  support developing countries to take advantage of the green windows of op
 portunity. The event also discussed successful examples of national and re
 gional initiatives on achieving carbon neutrality\, as well as examined th
 e innovative instruments to foster a more collaborative approach for green
  innovation in the region.\n\nEvent format: Hybrid (In person at the Multi
 -functional Meeting Room A\, United Nations Conference Centre\, Bangkok\; 
 Online via the Zoom platform)\n\nProgramme\n\nOpening remarks\n\n\nMs. Sha
 mika N. Sirimanne\, Director of the Division on Technology and Logistics\,
  UNCTAD\nMr. Sangmin Nam\, Director of the Environment and Development Div
 ision\, ESCAP\nMr. Suphakit Chareonkul\, Deputy Executive Director\, Actin
 g Executive Director\, ITD \n\n\nPresentation\n\n\nTechnology and Innovat
 ion Report 2023 – Mr. Clovis Freire Junior\, Team Leader of the Technolo
 gy and Innovation Report 2023\, UNCTAD\n\n\nPanel discussion\n\n     
   Moderator:  Mr. Darmp Sukontasap\, Board of Directors\, ITD\n\nPaneli
 sts\n\n\nMr. Laurent Lourdais\, First Counsellor\, EU Delegation to Thaila
 nd \nMr. Surachai Sathitkunarat\, Executive Director\, APEC Center for Tec
 hnology Foresight \nMr. Theerawat Limpibunterng\, President\, Siam Denso 
 Manufacturing Co.\, Ltd. \n\nhttps://unctad.org/tir2023\n\nView meeting 
 on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/opening-green-windows-technologi
 cal-opportunities-low-carbon-world-asia-and-pacific
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