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capacity and human resources in technical and managerial areas and 2.1
in assessment and monitoring at all levels of government. Mechanisms
are also necessary for broad multilevel governance and stakeholder
engagement, knowledge base enrichment, awareness raising, human
resource development, compliance and enforcement capacity, and
monitoring and assessment. This also involves the private sector, civil
society, academies, and ordinary citizens.
Another important aspect is to formulate effective low carbon
technology capacity development policies. Shifting to a low carbon
development path requires new skills, particularly of workers who
need to shift from ‘brown’ to ‘green’ industrial practices. Labour
market policies and skills development programmes can: (i) identify
the capacity and skills needed through surveys and other instruments;
(ii) inform people of available training and education opportunities;
(iii) provide income support, such as unemployment benefits, to
help workers adjust; and (iv) engage with enterprises to upscale their
workers as an integral part of their business development.
1.5.6 Expanding International Cooperation on Low Carbon
Technology Development
Successfully transiting to a model of low carbon development in the
long run requires the engagement of all countries. The international
community can play a crucial role in helping developing countries
make such a transition, especially by providing advanced low carbon
and climate-friendly technologies and related know-how. Recognizing
the concern of developing countries on the high cost of developing and
deploying low carbon technologies, international cooperation can and
should ensure that developing countries have access to external and
domestic sources of green and low carbon financing and investment,
technology, and innovation. In addition, donors need to integrate low
carbon technology development and deployment into all development
cooperation initiatives and activities, and ensure that they support
partner developing countries in their pursuit of specific low carbon
growth goals.
Expanding international cooperation on low carbon development
can offer many opportunities to help accelerate the transition to low
carbon development in developing countries. For example, according
to the study from Putting Green Growth at the Heart of Development
by OECD in 2012, ‘As part of the broader flows of official development
finance or environment, climate change finance is set to increase
substantially throughout the next decade as developed country
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in assessment and monitoring at all levels of government. Mechanisms
are also necessary for broad multilevel governance and stakeholder
engagement, knowledge base enrichment, awareness raising, human
resource development, compliance and enforcement capacity, and
monitoring and assessment. This also involves the private sector, civil
society, academies, and ordinary citizens.
Another important aspect is to formulate effective low carbon
technology capacity development policies. Shifting to a low carbon
development path requires new skills, particularly of workers who
need to shift from ‘brown’ to ‘green’ industrial practices. Labour
market policies and skills development programmes can: (i) identify
the capacity and skills needed through surveys and other instruments;
(ii) inform people of available training and education opportunities;
(iii) provide income support, such as unemployment benefits, to
help workers adjust; and (iv) engage with enterprises to upscale their
workers as an integral part of their business development.
1.5.6 Expanding International Cooperation on Low Carbon
Technology Development
Successfully transiting to a model of low carbon development in the
long run requires the engagement of all countries. The international
community can play a crucial role in helping developing countries
make such a transition, especially by providing advanced low carbon
and climate-friendly technologies and related know-how. Recognizing
the concern of developing countries on the high cost of developing and
deploying low carbon technologies, international cooperation can and
should ensure that developing countries have access to external and
domestic sources of green and low carbon financing and investment,
technology, and innovation. In addition, donors need to integrate low
carbon technology development and deployment into all development
cooperation initiatives and activities, and ensure that they support
partner developing countries in their pursuit of specific low carbon
growth goals.
Expanding international cooperation on low carbon development
can offer many opportunities to help accelerate the transition to low
carbon development in developing countries. For example, according
to the study from Putting Green Growth at the Heart of Development
by OECD in 2012, ‘As part of the broader flows of official development
finance or environment, climate change finance is set to increase
substantially throughout the next decade as developed country
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