Nation calls for technology transfer

WASHINGTON: Developing nations must have access to environmentally sound technology to fight global warming, China's top climate change negotiator said yesterday.

But Su Wei said technology transfer was not even mentioned during the first preparatory session of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in Washington on Monday.

He said many climate change-related technologies were unavailable at reasonable prices in developing countries and this meant these technologies could not be employed in parts of the world where they were needed the most.