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Shashi Buluswar
UNCSTD Intersessional Panel
January 2019
Science and Technology Imperatives for the SDGs
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CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGHS FOR SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
2019
Global Health
Food SecurityEducation
Water Security
Gender Equity
Human Rights
Access to Electricity
Digital Inclusion
Resilience against Climate
Change
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Global Health
Agriculture & Rural Development
Education
Water & Environment
Women’s Equity & Safety
• Integrated solar-powered ‘clinic-in-a-box’ for rural areas• Point-of-care DNA-based TB diagnostic; effective TB vaccine;
improved anti-bacterials
• Low-cost mechanization: irrigation pumps, well-digging, post-harvest processing
• Precision agriculture systems for water, fertilizer, etc. • ‘Utility-in-a-box’ for affordable rural solar mini-grids• Affordable solar-powered refrigerator• Low-cost clean energy automobile for rural households
• ‘Smart’ electronic textbooks
• New method for desalination: low cost, energy-efficient, high salinity
• Distributed sensors for environmental toxins• Retrofit automobile exhaust filters• New generation of homes for the urban poor
• Simple point-of-use DNA-based rape kit• Wearable “SOS” device with geo-location
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Commercial attractiveness
Low Emerging Markets only Global
R&
D r
eq
uir
ed
US/EU labs
Emerging markets R&D institutions
Emerging markets private sector
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How emerging powers are positioned Human
Development R&D EngineeringPolicy
ecosystem
Private
sector
Africa
US
Europe
India
China
Brazil
Strong
Weak
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Models of technology development & adoption
Engineering capabilities
and
private sector
R&
D
ca
pa
bilit
ies
Strong
Weak
StrongWeak
“Leading science, but
catching up on
innovation”
“Pioneers”
“Wait & adopt” “Fast follower”
EU USA
Africa China & India
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Policy imperatives for emerging economies
2000 2030+For the SDGs
Wait
&
adopt
Out-dated
model
Fast
follower
Strategic sectors
“Reverse”
outsource
R&D
Urgent needs
(pharma?)
Invest in
strong R&D
capabilities
The long-term
solution
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Let’s continue the conversation…
Side EventWed 16 Jan 2019 - 14.15-15.00
Conference Room C3 (C-building)
Vienna International Center