The importance of climate technology cooperation has been steadily increasing since the Paris Agreement signed in December 2015. In order to address the demand of the international community and the will of the Korean government, it has become necessary to enhance the understanding about global climate technology cooperation and to build capacities of human resources in the science and technology field. Developing a competency enhancement model, planning for training programs, and building capacities of relevant personnel in developing countries have become especially important.
In analyzing capacity-building programs on climate technology, this paper examined the concept of endogenous capacities defined by the Technology Executive Committee. It also analyzed collaborative capacity-building programs of the Green Technology Center (GTC) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). The survey responses from participants have been analyzed in the examination of a curriculum on global climate technology strategy which was implemented by GTC’s partnership with the Korea Institute of R&D Human Resource Development (KIRD). The following implications have been drawn from GTC’s research and analysis on the domestic capacity-building programs. It is necessary to execute a full-cycle training of professionals through comprehensive planning, research, development, implementation, and international cooperation. It is essential for climate technology cooperation capacity-building programs to be based upon a clearer idea about the damage occurred in developing countries as a result of climate change and the demand for promising climate technologies. By developing necessary human resources in climate technology cooperation, the training of domestic and foreign experts will provide an essential basis for establishing necessary policies on international climate technology cooperation.