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Inter-sectoral prioritization of climate technologies: insights from a Technology Needs Assessment for mitigation in Brazil

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da Silva, Fabio T. F. ; Szklo, Alexandre ; Vinhoza, Amanda ; Nogueira, Ana Celia ; Lucena, Andre F. P. ; Mendonca, Antonio Marcos ; Marcolino, Camilla ; Nunes, Felipe ; Carvalho, Francielle M. ; Tagomori, Isabela ; Soares, Laura ; da Cruz, Marcio Rojas ; Rochedo, Pedro ; Rajao, Raoni ; Rathmann, Regis ; Schaeffer, Roberto ; Mudrovitsch de Bittencourt, Sonia Regina
Total Authors: 17
Document type: Journal article
Source: MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL CHANGE; v. 27, n. 7, p. 39-pg., 2022-10-01.
Abstract

Technological development is key for national strategies to cope with the Paris Agreement's goals. Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) aim to identify, prioritize, and diffuse climate change mitigation and/or adaptation technologies in developing countries. Their methodology includes a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) framework but, although many countries already conducted a TNA, literature lacks discussions on country-specific processes for a TNA, as it usually follows a one-size-fits-all approach. This paper provides empirical evidence on the importance of country-driven processes that help shaping international programmes into country-specific needs and capabilities. It presents lessons learned from a tailored process for identification, prioritization, and selection of mitigation technologies in the scope of a TNA project for Brazil, an exceptional case of a developing country with strong capacity in integrated assessment modelling (IAM) scenarios for guiding its climate strategies. A previous IAM scenario result allowed pre-selecting technologies in six key economic sectors, while other TNAs prioritized no more than three. This allowed the elaboration of an overall ranking from the MCDA, in contrast to sectoral rankings that are mostly employed in other countries' TNAs. The overall ranking serves not only as a basis for the selection of priority technologies but also provides information on the integrated innovations framework for climate technologies in the country. Further specific findings of the tailored Brazilian TNA approach are discussed in the paper in order to call for the importance that a technology transfer project should not only be country-driven but also conducted through a country-specific process. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 14/50848-9 - INCT 2014: INCT for Climate Change
Grantee:Jose Antonio Marengo Orsini
Support Opportunities: Research Program on Global Climate Change - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 18/17714-0 - Integrated modelling and economic impacts of low carbon options for the transport sector in the State of São Paulo
Grantee:Régis Rathmann
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral