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Technologies are fundamental to combating global warming and building climate-resilient societies all over the world. While technological innovation is an important factor, there are already thousands of technologies available which have proven capacity to contribute to adaptation and mitigation goals. The key challenge is getting them deployed where they are most needed. This requires supportive policy and regulatory infrastructures, as well as a workforce with the capacity to manage and adapt them. Technology transfer is a multifaceted and global challenge which requires the collective action of the UNFCCC, multilateral institutions, governments, civil society and the private sector. The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), the operational arm of the climate Convention’s Technology Mechanism, was created to strengthen this collective action as an integral part of the international climate architecture established by Parties to the Convention in 2010 and is a critical means to realizing the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the UNFCCC itself. The CTCN is specifically tasked with supporting developing countries in their efforts to deploy transformative climate technologies as they seek to fulfill their national climate priorities. We work across the entire technology cycle, from technology identification and prioritization, through design and piloting, to deployment and scale-up, while strengthening the frameworks and conditions necessary to foster technology deployment in developing country markets. We provide training and capacity building to developing countries, develop and share knowledge-based resources and tools (the ctc-n.org technology portal provides access to nearly 15,000 curated technology publications, webinars and case studies), and support networking and collaboration among governments, the private sector, financial institutions and civil society. Our interventions contribute to the full breadth of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and aim to support countries in bridging gaps to support technological innovation and widespread deployment.The CTCN is co-hosted by UN Environment and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation and supported by over 400 institutions, organizations, and companies from 50 countries (with equal representation from the global north and south) that provide the expertise to serve countries with the targeted solutions they need to implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). As a truly country-driven initiative, we work at the request of national climate technology focal points (selected by each country’s government) to solve real challenges at the local, national or even multi-country level. Our interventions often include technical inputs required for investment by the private sector or to establish the regulatory or legal structures needed to foster technology deployment and expansion. Technology experts partner locally to strengthen capacity that endures following the conclusion of the technical intervention. In this way, we strive to serve as a technology matchmaker between countries’ climate priorities and the right technology providers.In its initial four years of operation, the CTCN has worked to deliver concrete outcomes in response to over 200 requests from developing countries. Addressing the full spectrum of climate technology sectors, from agriculture and early warning systems to renewable energy, transport and waste management, we leverage our convening power to facilitate public-private partnerships, as well as South-South and triangular cooperation. The CTCN is the primary link between the UNFCCC and the private sector sources of finance and technology that the 2015 Financing for Development process indicated was necessary to fully realize the SDGs and deliver on the ambition of the Paris Agreement. The CTCN contributes to the strengthening of enabling environments that build the capacity of countries to gain the knowledge, know-how and expertise for climate technologies to take hold and thrive. This work includes the development of new legislation and regulations that incentivize investment in low-carbon solutions, feasibility and technology studies, market analyses, and other interventions that match the degree of industrial development of the host country. In Southern Africa, for example, CTCN partners are developing a “THE CTCN IS CO-HOSTED BY UN ENVIRONMENT AND UNIDO AND SUPPORTED BY OVER 400 INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMPANIES FROM 75 COUNTRIES”Above: CTCN provides training and capacity building to developing countriesSUSTAINABLE BUSINESS 091