Report on options to facilitate collaborative technology research and development

The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), at its thirtysecond session, endorsed the terms of reference for a report by the Expert Group on Technology Transfer (EGTT) on options to facilitate collaborative technology research and development (R&D).1 The SBSTA requested the EGTT, in preparing this report, to focus on collaborative technology R&D to enhance action on mitigation and adaptation under the Convention, and how collaborative technology R&D activities outside of the Convention can support this action. Accordingly, the main objective of this document is to identify options for facilitating collaborative R&D, paying attention to activities both under and outside of the Convention. The document uses literature review, a practitioner survey, case studies and an illustrative inventory of international R&D collaborations to arrive at the options.