Low-carbon technology transfer : from rhetoric to reality / / edited by David Ockwell and Alexandra Mallett

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779443703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-136-32765-7; 0-203-12148-1; 1-283-89380-0; 1-136-32766-5
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (390 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MallettAlexandra; OckwellDavid G
• Disciplina: 363.738/74
• Soggetti: Climate change mitigation; Green technology - Developing countries; Technology transfer - Developing countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; I New Analytic Approaches; 1 Introduction: Low-Carbon Technology Transfer - from Rhetoric to Reality; 2 International Technology Transfer, Innovation Capabilities and Sustainable Directions of Development; II Learning from Technology and Country-Specific Analysis; 3 Case Study: Technology Transfer of Energy-Efficient Technologies among Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in India; 4 Low-carbon Innovation in China: The Role of International Technology TransferIII Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); 5 The UNEP-EPO-ICTSD Study on Patents and Clean Energy: Key Findings and Policy Implications; 6 Technology Transfer, IPRs and Climate Change; IV Assessing Existing International Policy Mechanisms; 7 Energy Pathways in Low-Carbon Development: The Need to Go beyond Technology Transfer; 8 Low-Carbon Technology Transfer under the Climate Change Convention: Evolution of Multilateral Technology Support; 9 Technology ; Transfer and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); 10 Project-based Market Transformation in Developing Countries and International Technology Transfer: The Case of the Global Environment Facility and Solar PhotovoltaicsV Low-carbon Technology Transfer and Poverty Alleviation; 11 Stagnation or Regeneration: Technology transfer in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); 12 Pro-poor Low-carbon Development: Implications for Technology Transfer; 13 Climate Change Mitigation Technology and Poverty Reduction through Small-Scale Enterprises; VI Low-Carbon Technology Transfer in the Context of Other Global Concerns; 14 The Role of Trade and Investment in Accelerating Clean Energy Diffusion: Private-sector Views from South Asia15 International Transfers of Climate-friendly Technologies: How the World Trade System Matters; VII Moving Forward: New Directions for Policy and Practice; 16 Low-carbon Energy Technology Diffusion: A UK Practitioner's Perspective; 17 Technology Transfer and Global Markets; 18 Reducing the Cost of Technology Transfer through Community Partnerships; 19 Carbon Trading and Sustainable Development: Exploring Options for Reforming the Clean Development Mechanism to Deliver Greater Sustainable Development BenefitsIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Low carbon technology transfer to developing countries has been both a lynchpin of, and a key stumbling block to a global deal on climate change. This book brings together for the first time in one place the work of some of the world's leading contemporary researchers in this field. It provides a practical, empirically grounded guide for policy makers and practitioners, while at the same time making new theoretical advances in combining insights from the literature on technology transfer and the literature on low carbon innovation. The book begins by summarizing the nature of low car