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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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Ethiopia Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building) 11-Dec-2013
Italy, Spain and Turkey Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building) 11-Dec-2013
Southern African Group Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building) 11-Dec-2013
Australia, The Netherlands and United Kingdom Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building) 11-Dec-2013
Major Group: Indigenous Peoples Co-chairs' meetings with Major Groups 11-Dec-2013
India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building) 11-Dec-2013
Bangladesh Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building) 11-Dec-2013
Brazil and Nicaragua Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building) 10-Dec-2013
China, Indonesia and Kazakhstan Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building) 10-Dec-2013
Sweden Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building) 10-Dec-2013
Republic of Korea Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building) 10-Dec-2013
Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building) 10-Dec-2013
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building) 10-Dec-2013
Major Group: Women Co-chairs' meetings with Major Groups 10-Dec-2013
Technology Divides: Critical Issues in Technology and Sustainable Development Goals Co-chairs' meetings with Major Groups 10-Dec-2013