신기후체제 하에서의 기술 메커니즘의 역할 연구:기술이전⋅혁신을 위한 중간조직 관점에 기반하여

The Technology Mechanism was established in 2010 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to enhance technology development and transfer in developing countries. In 2015, the Paris Agreement was adopted as a new climate regime, and the Technology Mechanism aims to serve the Paris Agreement to support participating Parties’ cooperative action on technology development and transfer. In addition, the technology framework was established to provide overarching guidance to the work of the Technology Mechanism to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Thus, the technology framework as a strategic layer provides guidance to the Technology Mechanism, and the Technology Mechanism provides support to participating Parties who undertake cooperative action on technology development and transfer. Therefore, the supporting role of the Technology Mechanism for global climate technology cooperation is very important. Then, what kinds of supporting roles will the Technology Mechanism play as a supporting organization in terms of technology development and transfer? The recently elaborated technology framework includes specific activities/actions to be performed by the Technology Mechanism. Therefore, with this technology framework, this paper attempts to analyze the role of the Technology Mechanism using typological functions and subsequent roles of an intermediary organization in technology transfer and innovation. Analytical results show that the functions and roles of the Technology Mechanism mainly cover i) foresight and diagnostics, ii) scanning and information processing, iii) knowledge processing, generation, and combination, iv) gatekeeping and brokering, and v) testing and validation. Then, this paper concludes with policy implications for Korea’s future strategy to utilize the Technology Mechanism in its global technology cooperation.