United States Government Support for Climate Technology Cooperation. Projects and Activities: 2000

摘要

The United States government is committed to working with developing countries and countries with economies in transition to advance cost-effective technology solutions to the global challenge of climate change. This document describes current U.S. government programs that facilitate the transfer of climate-friendly technologies and practices. Some of these programs also offer the additional benefit of assisting developing countries to build their capacity for measuring, monitoring, and reporting their greenhouse gas emissions. These activities demonstrate the United States' continuing and vigorous commitment to sustainable development and the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Article 4.5 of the UNFCCC commits developed countries to 'take all practicable steps to promote, facilitate, and finance, as appropriate, the transfer of, or access to, environmentally sound technologies and know-how to other Parties.'