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Department of Science and Technology hosted a Panel Discussion on Technology Needs Assessment for Sustainable Life at the India Pavilion at COP 27 to identify technology needs and their assessment for adoption for sustainable well being of global citizens in future. Speaking at the discussion the Secretary MoEFCC Ms Leena Nandan said that what India and the world need today is technology. Climate change is not an issue confined to those who are seen as emitters. There is now a realization and larger and uniform understanding that Climate change cannot be wished away. It is knocking at our door.She further said that climate change has led to devastation in the form of several nature based occurrences. Our lifestyles need to change to respond to the challenges that we are facing said Ms Leena Nandan. She said that our discussions need to now focus on bridging the gaps between what we want to achieve and how to achieve it. Secretary MoEFCC said that science is there but how to apply this science and knowledge to our activities needs to be processed. Speaking in the context of technologies in road construction she said that one size fits all cannot apply to India due to Indias huge diversity. Technology needs assessment is different for different states. Terrain diversity forces states to find their respective solutions. The Secretary also spoke about Circular economy. Reduce reuse recycle restore and refurbish. All Rs need the T that is technology she said. She urged DST to engage with state governments to come up with innovative solutions.Secretary MoEFCC reiterated the need to work through silos and also stated that technology cannot remain confined to big players due to their access to finance. MSMEs and start ups need to be enabled to access finance to use technology optimally.We need to add our bits in the larger picture only then as a country we could say that we have taken decisive steps to tackle Climate Change concluded the Secretary.Executive Director Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council TIFAC Prof Pradeep Srivastava spoke about de carbonising initiatives of TIFAC . Dr. Rajesh Kr. Pathak Secretary TDB spoke about Technology Transfer and Commercialisation and Dr. Rajeev Garg CTCN spoke about Technology transfer mechanism at the event. Mr. Menghanai Vijay Sr. Chief Engineer CEA Prof. Geeta Rai Associate Professor Banaras Hindu UniversityBHU were also among the panelists. Dr. Nisha Mendiratta Advisor Head Climate Change Programme CCP DST was also present during the discussions.
