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Technology, science and capacity building are major pillars of the Means of Implementation of the Post-2015 Agenda and of the Rio+20 follow-up processes. The research, development, deployment, and widespread diffusion of environmentally sound technologies in the context of a Green Economy is also closely linked to other core elements and means of implementation, including innovation, business opportunities and development, trade of environmental goods and services, finance and investment, and institutional capabilities.

In order to eradicate poverty and reorient current unsustainable development trajectories over the period 2015 to 2030, affordable technological solutions have to be developed and disseminated widely in the next fifteen years. The Means of Implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda could nevertheless provide an opportunity to address some of the gaps hindering the facilitation and transfer of these technologies.

In 2012, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (“Rio+20”) called for identifying technology facilitation mechanism. The Addis Ababa Action Agenda, in its paragraph 123, decided to establish a technology facilitation mechanism. The mechanism will be launched at the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda in order to support the sustainable development goals.

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An Overview of UN Technology Initiatives Presentations 22-Jun-2015
Science, Technology and innovation Capacity Development for SDGs Presentations 22-Jun-2015
An Overview of UN Technology Initiatives Presentations 22-Jun-2015
Developing Options for an Online Knowledge Hub and Information Sharing Platform Presentations 22-Jun-2015
Bangladesh Member States 27-Apr-2015
European Union Closing Session 24-Apr-2015
Major Group: Women Major Groups 23-Apr-2015
Major Group: Indigenous Peoples Major Groups 23-Apr-2015
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) Major Groups 23-Apr-2015
Philippines Member States 22-Apr-2015
Belarus Member States 22-Apr-2015
Japan Member States 22-Apr-2015
United States of America Member States 22-Apr-2015
Australia Member States 22-Apr-2015
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Member States 22-Apr-2015