Technology Needs Assessment – Papua New Guinea

Understanding climate technology needs is the starting point for effective action on climate change. By understanding climate technology needs we can determine how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change. To determine climate technology priorities, countries undertake technology needs assessments. A Technology Needs Assessment is grounded in national sustainable development plans, builds national capacity, and facilitates analysis and prioritization of climate technologies to support the implementation of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement.

Technology and technological change offer the main possibilities for reducing future emissions and achieving the eventual stabilization of atmospheric concentrations of GHGs. Therefore, supporting developing countries to conduct effective Technology Needs Assessments and implement Technology Action Plans is instrumental for the UNFCCC process.

The Technology Needs Assessment methodology is a mature process which has evolved over the more than 15 years that developing countries have used it. The Technology Needs Assessment methodology may also be useful for developing countries as they work to further develop and implement their Nationally Determined Contributions. The Technology Needs Assessment process is organized around three main activities: