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Facilitating technological change to manage energy and climate challenges in developing countries
Ambuj Sagar
Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Professor of Policy Studies
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
International Scientific Conference
“Our Common Future Under Climate Change”
Paris, July 8, 2015
Facilitating tech change in developing countries
Energy and climate challenges in developing countries (1)
[Source: WDI database]
Facilitating tech change in developing countries
Energy and climate challenges in developing countries (2)
[Source: WDI database]
Facilitating tech change in developing countries
Energy and climate challenges in developing countries (2)
[Source: IEA Energy Access database]
Technological change to meet such challenges requires
•Development/adaptation/absorption of relevant technologies and deployment at scale
•Addressing not just technology (availability, fit, and operation) but also economics, finance, markets/demand, and policy (i.e., supply, demand, and facilitation) – in local context and according to needs at different stage of technology cycle
•Strengthening of local human, organizational, and institutional capabilities
Facilitating tech change in developing countries
Facilitating technological change
•Strengthening of capabilities in DCs needed on multiple dimensions (actors, linkages, and institutions)
Enhancing capabilities of local technical, finance, business, and policy actors
Coordination between various activities and actors for various stages of innovation (e.g., CICs)
Strategic approach (prioritization, balancing devt and climate)
Actors with ‘systems’ perspective and coordination role (innovation ‘systems operators’)
•Strengthening of capabilities (to build capacity in DCs) in industrialized countries
•International programs to fill gaps (collaborative R&D, policy- and business-model-design advice)
Facilitating tech change in developing countries
