UN urges effective technology-sharing scheme at G-8 summit
The chief of the UN Conference on Trade and Development urged Japan to exercise leadership in establishing an effective technology-sharing scheme at the G-8 summit.
By PTI |
TOKYO: The chief of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, Supachai Panitchpakdi, urged Japan to exercise leadership in establishing an effective technology-sharing scheme at the upcoming Group of Eight summit that can draw cooperation from emerging economies in tackl ing global warming.
The former director general of the World Trade Organization also said developing nations' exports should not be stifled in the name of preventing global warming, rapping such moves by some industrialized nations as protectionist.
"I hope that there will be some scheme from the G-8 in which this sort of sharing of technology could be enhanced," the UNCTAD secretary general said in an interview with Kyodo News on Tuesday.
In order to bring all developing countries on board with global efforts to cut carbon emissions, Supachai said it would be essential for Japan, "a major innovator" and "strong prime mover" in the area of energy efficiency, to promote transfer of its know-how to emerging major emitters like China, India and other fast-growing economies.
"Before you go and tell them what kind of targets, let's have this kind of transfer of technology and analysis so they would understand," he said, adding that a forced solution from outside players would not be accepted by developing countries eyeing growth acceleration.
While establishing an effective and inclusive framework to succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol will be a daunting task in face of widespread opposition to binding emission goals, Supachai said cooperation in energy efficiency is less costly and could be immediately disseminated.
The former director general of the World Trade Organization also said developing nations' exports should not be stifled in the name of preventing global warming, rapping such moves by some industrialized nations as protectionist.
"I hope that there will be some scheme from the G-8 in which this sort of sharing of technology could be enhanced," the UNCTAD secretary general said in an interview with Kyodo News on Tuesday.
In order to bring all developing countries on board with global efforts to cut carbon emissions, Supachai said it would be essential for Japan, "a major innovator" and "strong prime mover" in the area of energy efficiency, to promote transfer of its know-how to emerging major emitters like China, India and other fast-growing economies.
"Before you go and tell them what kind of targets, let's have this kind of transfer of technology and analysis so they would understand," he said, adding that a forced solution from outside players would not be accepted by developing countries eyeing growth acceleration.
While establishing an effective and inclusive framework to succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol will be a daunting task in face of widespread opposition to binding emission goals, Supachai said cooperation in energy efficiency is less costly and could be immediately disseminated.
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