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File IISD - Climate Change, Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Rights
Enhanced action on technology development and transfer will be central in enabling the full and effective implementation of the UNFCCC beyond 2012. Yet disagreements remain, particularly on the obstacles to the transfer of climate-related technologies and the types of measures that should be taken to overcome them. • Objectives and commitments on transfer of technology exist under the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol, as well as in the trade context. The difficulty of their implementation, however, highlights the importance of moving beyond general language to the consideration of concrete problems and solutions. Possible measures related to IP and other incentive schemes to promote transfer of technology within the climate regime should also be explored. Possibilities range from the inclusion of IP-related issues in indicators of technology transfer to the development of specific mechanisms— some already used in other public policy areas, such as health or education— to enhance the technology transfer component of the post-Kyoto climate regime.
File UNDP - Mitigation Technology Challenges: Considerations for National Policy Makers to Address Climate Change
Technology transfer and deployment will be critical for developing countries as they pursue low-carbon development goals. A number of proposals are on the table for consideration, and funding will be a key issue.
File IISD - Trade and Climate Change:Issues in Perspective
In June 2008, IISD collaborated with the Government of Denmark, the German Marshall Fund and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development to convene a major seminar on trade and climate change in Copenhagen. The event's background papers have been revised and finalized, and constitute excellent brief surveys of the key issues in each of the six areas covered: (1) Liberalization of Trade in Environmental Goods for Climate Change Mitigation: The Sustainable Development Context (2) Border Carbon Adjustment (3) Embodied Carbon in Traded Goods (4) Climate Change, Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Rights (5) Clean Energy Investment (6) Standards, Labelling and Certification. The event's summary remarks are contained in this comprehensive report that covers all the themes from this meeting. Support for this event came from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Government of Denmark and the German Marshall Fund.
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