UN Climate Technology Centre and Network gets New Director.
Published by KOJANEWS.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced on
Friday the appointment of Jukka Uosukainen as the Director of the Climate
Technology Centre and Network (CTCN).
The CTCN, the operational arm of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Technology Mechanism, aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve resilience to changing weather patterns, drought, soil erosion, and other impacts of climate change in developing nations.
Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), congratulated Mr. Uosukainen and said that CTCN is now ready to fulfill its mandate by assisting developing countries to make informed decisions about mitigation and adaptation technologies that suit their needs.
“With the appointment of its new Director, the Climate Technology Centre and Network is now ready to make a substantive contribution to accelerating the use of existing and new technologies that can lead the way towards a low-carbon future and improve the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in developing countries, who are dealing with climate change impacts in their daily lives.” said Mr. Steiner.
The CTCN aims to overcome the historic challenges of mobilizing funds and eliminating policy and technical barriers to promote accelerated, diversified and scaled-up transfer of environmentally sound technologies for climate change mitigation and adaptation, consistent with the national socio-economic and sustainable development priorities of the requesting countries.
Mr. Jukka Uosukainen has worked in the national and international environmental sector for more than two decades, chairing and facilitating various UN committees, including of the UNFCCC and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). More recently, he served as the Special Envoy for Climate Change for the Government of Finland.
Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) also welcomed Jukka Uosukainen appointment saying his leadership will proceed to realize CTCN goal of accelerating and scaling-up clean energy, energy efficiency and technologies that can assist in combating and coping with climate change.
The CTCN, the operational arm of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Technology Mechanism, aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve resilience to changing weather patterns, drought, soil erosion, and other impacts of climate change in developing nations.
| CTCN Center in Finland |
Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), congratulated Mr. Uosukainen and said that CTCN is now ready to fulfill its mandate by assisting developing countries to make informed decisions about mitigation and adaptation technologies that suit their needs.
“With the appointment of its new Director, the Climate Technology Centre and Network is now ready to make a substantive contribution to accelerating the use of existing and new technologies that can lead the way towards a low-carbon future and improve the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in developing countries, who are dealing with climate change impacts in their daily lives.” said Mr. Steiner.
The CTCN aims to overcome the historic challenges of mobilizing funds and eliminating policy and technical barriers to promote accelerated, diversified and scaled-up transfer of environmentally sound technologies for climate change mitigation and adaptation, consistent with the national socio-economic and sustainable development priorities of the requesting countries.
| Jukka Uosukainen. |
Mr. Jukka Uosukainen has worked in the national and international environmental sector for more than two decades, chairing and facilitating various UN committees, including of the UNFCCC and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). More recently, he served as the Special Envoy for Climate Change for the Government of Finland.
Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) also welcomed Jukka Uosukainen appointment saying his leadership will proceed to realize CTCN goal of accelerating and scaling-up clean energy, energy efficiency and technologies that can assist in combating and coping with climate change.
“I would
like to congratulate Jukka Uosukainen for being chosen for this important
role” she said.
“As nations work towards a new universal climate
agreement in 2015, the fully operational CTCN provides an important signal that
the global infrastructure to combat climate change is in place and can deliver," added Ms
Figueres.
Expected outcomes of the CTCN's work are reduced greenhouse gas emission intensity and climate vulnerability as well as improved local innovative capacities. Private and public investment in adaptation and mitigation will be mobilized on a greater scale and collaboration and peer learning on technology transfer and deployment across and within developing countries will be the norm.
| Christiana Figueres-UNFCCC boss |
Expected outcomes of the CTCN's work are reduced greenhouse gas emission intensity and climate vulnerability as well as improved local innovative capacities. Private and public investment in adaptation and mitigation will be mobilized on a greater scale and collaboration and peer learning on technology transfer and deployment across and within developing countries will be the norm.
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