E3G report launch: Innovation and Technology Transfer: Framework for a Global Climate Deal

This report, produced by E3G and Chatham House, proposes a new institutional framework for the innovation and diffusion of low carbon and adaptation technologies, and points to critical features needed in the international agreement due to be signed at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in Copenhagen in December 2009.
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The report argues that:

* Faster and broader innovation is critical for delivering climate security while preserving energy security

* Current innovation programmes are not adequate to manage the risk of policy failures and higher ranges of climate sensitivity;

* Developed countries need to shift their national strategic innovation priorities if international cooperation is to be effective;

* Developing countries require support to build effective innovation systems not just narrow technology transfer;

* Delivering innovation faster and to scale requires the creation of strong new markets for innovative low carbon products and a diversity of cooperation initiatives;

* A failure to constructively tackle IPR and competitiveness issues will limit the pace of innovation and diffusion, and potentially poison the international climate negotiations.

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Executive Summary here
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Full Report here
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Note: E3G is an independent not-for-profit organisation, established in 2004, that works in the public interest to accelerate the global transition to sustainable development.
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E3G website here

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