"Building the capacity of SPECA countries to adapt and apply innovative green technologies for climate change adaptation"

The project aims to build capacity in Central Asia, through the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA), to adopt and apply innovative green technologies for climate change adaptation and sustainable knowledge-driven growth. Specifically, the proposed project aims to strengthen national policymakers’ capacity to design effective innovation policy for green technology take-up and diffusion that mainstream climate change considerations into the policy mix; and to understand the different financial mechanisms to facilitate the adoption of such technologies.

The increased application of green technologies is an essential part of the Central Asian climate action. To succeed, the right enabling conditions to support the take-up and diffusion of green technologies need to be in place. Regional cooperation also can play an essential part in this process.

At the regional level, the project aims to improve exchange of national experiences and best practices on enhancing their climate change adaptation potential and to strengthen regional dialogue and networking on related issues.

Project implementation will be led by UNECE, in collaboration with ESCAP and UNDP within the framework of SPECA. The project will actively seek cooperation from other organizations working in the field such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and United States Agency for International Development, among others.