The side event, themed “Strengthening South-South Cooperation, Addressing climate change through science and technology cooperation” and organized by China Science and Technology Exchange Center (CSTEC), Institute of Global Climate Change of Tsinghua University, and Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources of CAS, was held on Oct. 7.

The meeting was chaired by CSTEC Director-General SUN Hong. Experts from UNSECO, Ethiopia, Tsinghua University and Beijing Institute of Technology talked about the status quo of South-South Cooperation, technological needs, cooperation mechanism, capacity building, among others.