Co-development of technologies of the future

Technology transfer is paramount for progress, specially for reduced- and center-income nations around the world (LMICs) to accelerate their expertise, practical experience and gear related to superior, revolutionary industrial products and processes. Productive technologies transfer could assist countries protected nationwide offer and decrease their dependence on imports, and progress a number of Sustainable Enhancement Ambitions (SDGs), which includes SDG 3 (Superior health and nicely-remaining), SDG 7 (sustainable electrical power for all), SDG 8 (Good do the job and financial enhancement), SDG 9 (Innovation, sector and infrastructure), SDG 13 (Climate improve) and SDG 17 (Worldwide partnerships). In addition, technological transformation plays a critical job in meeting world ambitions for local climate alter, curbing emissions by way of access to mitigation technologies and making the necessary resilience for nations, towns and communities via obtain sharing of adaptation expertise and solutions.

Transfer of innovative technological innovation is a challenge for producing nations around the world and rising marketplaces. It is vital that new or current technologies are locally adapted, inculcating the issues and the possibilities for the state. For occasion, in nations around the world with a absence of cold-chain storage, how can vaccines be saved in sub-zero temperatures and transported in warm and tropical climates? Provided this, it is significant that technological innovation enhancement conducted for the worldwide stage need to contain multidisciplinary teams and investigation and progress (R&D) that understand these kinds of worries.

Irrespective of decades of discourse on technological innovation transfer and collaborations, there is nevertheless minimal being familiar with of the things dependable for thriving know-how transfer and partnerships. As a result, to investigate how systems of the long run really should be co-developed, it is very important that we 1st fully grasp how latest technological innovation transfer and collaborations in crucial sectors have fared so much. This paper analyses a few crucial research issues on know-how transfer, collaboration and co-advancement to reimagine a new world-wide engineering buy.

Has technology transfer delivered on sustainable enhancement?
What are the unique sorts of rising local weather-pleasant systems and related uncertainties?
What are the modalities for profitable engineering co-enhancement?

This paper is section of a series that supports the Stockholm+50: Unlocking a superior foreseeable future report.