MORE TRANSPARENCY REQUIRED ON CLEAN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

摘要

It is accepted that clean energy technology development will be pivotal in mitigating climate change and that transferring this technology to developing economies will be equally important in making these economies more socially responsible while supporting economic growth. Last year's UN Copenhagen climate summit may have been considered a failure in terms of absolute emission reduction agreements, but it did call for the establishment of a mechanism to accelerate technology development and transfer and this process will have to be further developed in Cancun, Mexico, in UNFCCC meetings in December, due as REW goes to press. But for all the perceived value in developing and transferring clean energy technologies (CETs) there has been little empirical data on the relationship between technology development and transfer, that is until now.