Ease patent protection of climate-friendly equipment and goods that embed climate-friendly technology.
The proposal comes from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD. It aims at helping developing countries adapt to the consequences of climate change, but also to support their contribution to climate change mitigation.
“It is important that all developing countries, including the poorest, have the capacity to build these technologies themselves,” UN economist Detlef Kotte says in an interview before releasing a 217-page report on the issue, which he wrote with several colleagues, according to Bloomberg.
The proposal entails that companies like windmill maker General Electric Co. or hybrid-car manufacturer Toyota Motor Corp. could be forced to unveil their technologies. Also at stake are technologies to genetically modify crops resistant to droughts brought on by global warming, writes London-based Chatham House Environment Director Bernice Lee in an e-mail, according to Bloomberg.
No comments:
Post a Comment