JAPAN PAVILLION SIDE EVENT at COP25, Madrid Spain
Accelerating Low-Carbon Technology Transfer through CTCN and GCF

The Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) and the Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC) held the side event at the Japan Pavilion at COP25 held in Madrid, Spain with aim of introducing the supporting programme for CTCN and GCF Project Development by MOEJ and GEC.

　Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are important driving forces under the Technology Mechanism and Financial Mechanism within the UNFCCC in accelerating diffusion of climate technologies in developing country Parties.

The Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) has been supporting developing countries on capitalizing on these two mechanisms, by providing support on identification of challenges and solutions, project formulation, and by conducting a capacity-building workshop.
　In this event with aim of accelerating the dissemination of low-carbon technologies to developing countries though CTCN/GCF, lessons learned and way forward for crystalizing CTCN/ GCF projects were discussed. The event is divided into two parts with CTCN and GCF, in each part, useful information for developing projects under these mechanisms was provided by CTCN or GCF, and the technology and the proposed CTCN or GCF project were introduced by private companies. In addition, methods and benefits of CTCN/GCF and the private sector collaboration, and the difficulty of the private sector approaching such international mechanisms, were mainly discussed during the panel discussions.