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Dr Wytze van der Gaast is a senior advisor on greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting issues, technology transfer and pathways for climate and development. He has participated in several capacity building projects in developing countries on emissions trading under the Kyoto Protocol. He was coordinator of the EU-funded project Promoting Sustainable Energy Technology Transfers through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM): Transferring from a theoretical concept to practical action (ENTTRANS). He co-authored the 2010 version of the ‘Handbook for Conducting Technology Needs Assessments for Climate Change ’ for the UNDP. As a consultant for the UNFCCC secretariat he wrote two background papers for the Global TNA Workshop (1–2 June 2011, Bonn, Germany), a background paper for the UN Technology Executive Committee (27 March 2013, Bonn, Germany), a synthesis report, and a good-practice report on technology needs assessments. He was an advisor to the Government of Montenegro on conductinga technology needs assessment. Dr Wytze van der Gaast was also a consultant to the EU Regional Environmental Network for Accession (RENA) project for low emission development in the Balkan region. Together with UNDP, UNEP Risoe Centre, REEEP, the Netherlands Government and the ECN he is developing the online climate technology database ClimateTechWiki. He is currently involved in four EU-funded research projects on environmental policy effectiveness (APRAISE), climate policy making (POLIMP), competitive biomass-to-energy pathways (BIOTEAM), and connecting SMEs for a green economy (GreenEcoNet).

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