Global climate change is the hot issue concerned by the whole world. International cooperation is the excusive effective way to solve this problem, for which Unite Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol provide the effective framework and basic rules. In order to substantially solve problems about global climate change, developed countries not only provide financial support for developing countries, but also provide technical support to help developing countries improve their technologies (hardware and software), mitigate and adapt to the global climate change caused by different reasons.

Since 2004, the UNFCCC secretariat and Global Environment Facility (GEF) have been funded developing countries for Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) which purpose is to assist developing countries in identifying and analyzing priority technology needs related to climate change and realizing effective technology transfer. Until now, 94 developing countries have been granted the fund from GEF and 24 countries have been completed technology needs assessments. In order to share best practices and lessons learned with conducting technology needs assessments with non-Annex I Parties undertaking TNAs, to enable Parties in the process of conducting or updating TNAs to effectively undertake and complete their assessments and reports, to identify specific needs and practical actions that could assist Parties in implementing the results of TNAs, Workshop on Best Practices with Conducting TNAs was organized by UNFCCC secretariat in Bangkok, Thailand, 27-29 June 2007.

As a state-level technology transfer center and the exclusive organization in Asia responsible for establishing technology information platform for TTCLear, ITTC was invited to participate in this workshop. Ms. Ling Zhu, the representative from ITTC, delivered a speech on the responsibilities and roles of technology transfer organization taken in the next step technology transfer and capacity building.

More than 100 participants, including officials, experts and scholars in charge of climate change study around the world attended the workshop.

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