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The Copenhagen Accord and Climate Innovation Centres
Griffith Hack, Clean and Sustainable Technologies Group
(2010)
Abstract
After much hue and cry, the Copenhagen negotiations over intellectual property and climate change ended in a stalemate and an impasse. There was a gulf between the views of intellectual property maximalists who demanded strong protection of intellectual property rights in respect of clean technologies; and nation states and civil society groups calling for special measures to facilitate technology transfer. As a result, the Copenhagen Accord did contain any text on intellectual property and climate change. Nonetheless, the Copenhagen Accord does, though, contain an important compromise. The text provides for a technology mechanism, which envisages a network of Climate Innovation Centres to facilitate collaboration on clean technologies between the private sector and the public sector, developed countries, and developing nations.
Keywords
- Intellectual Property,
- Climate Change,
- Climate Innovation Centres,
- Technology Transfer,
- Technology Partnerships,
- The Copenhagen Accord.
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 20, 2010
Citation Information
Matthew Rimmer. "The Copenhagen Accord and Climate Innovation Centres" Griffith Hack, Clean and Sustainable Technologies Group (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/89/