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Intellectual Property Rights, Technology Transfer and Climate Change

A special issue of Laws (ISSN 2075-471X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 10343

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Abbe E. L. Brown

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Guest Editor
School of Law, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UB, UK
Interests: intellectual property and information law, with particular reference to intersections with other legal fields and also the addressing of societal challenges, such as responding to climate change

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The relationship between intellectual property, technology, and climate change is of significant importance. This can be seen from activity at the UNFCCC, WIPO and WTO, and the rich and evolving body of scholarship crossing several legal boundaries in private, public, and international fields.

In light of this, I was delighted to be invited to be the Guest Editor of a Special Issue for Laws titled “Intellectual Property Rights, Technology Transfer and Climate Change”. Laws is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal. For more details of some previous Special Issues, see  https://www.mdpi.com/journal/laws/special_issues. 

I would be honoured if you were to join me on this project. Contributions are welcome that explore intellectual property (IP), technology and climate change in and/or across intellectual property, climate change, innovation, information, trade, human rights, sustainable development, environment, investment, international law and relations, public and constitutional law, philosophy, and also more broadly. Contributions from a variety of perspectives and geographies are particularly welcomed, from researchers at all stages of their careers, and from doctrinal and from qualitative and quantitative empirical approaches. The objective is for each contribution, and for the Special Issue as a whole, to challenge views and build (or resist) new possible frameworks as to the scope and place of IP, climate change, and technology. I would of course be very pleased to speak to colleagues about possible contributions—[email protected].

Prof. Abbe E. L. Brown
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Intellectual Property
  • Climate Change
  • Innovation
  • Technology Transfer
  • International Treaties
  • Human Rights
  • Sustainable Development
  • Trade and Investment
  • Philosophy

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24 pages, 374 KiB  
Article
Beyond the Paris Agreement: Intellectual Property, Innovation Policy, and Climate Justice
by Matthew Rimmer
Laws 2019, 8(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/laws8010007 - 18 Feb 2019
Cited by 15 | Viewed by 9830
Abstract
The multidisciplinary field of climate law and justice needs to address the topic of intellectual property, climate finance, and technology transfer to ensure effective global action on climate change. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1992 (UNFCCC) established a foundation for [...] Read more.
The multidisciplinary field of climate law and justice needs to address the topic of intellectual property, climate finance, and technology transfer to ensure effective global action on climate change. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1992 (UNFCCC) established a foundation for the development, application and diffusion of low-carbon technologies. Against this background, it is useful to analyse how the Paris Agreement 2015 deals with the subject of intellectual property, technology transfer, and climate change. While there was discussion of a number of options for intellectual property and climate change, the final Paris Agreement 2015 contains no text on intellectual property. There is text, though, on technology transfer. The Paris Agreement 2015 relies upon technology networks and alliances in order to promote the diffusion and dissemination of green technologies. In order to achieve technology transfer, there has been an effort to rely on a number of formal technology networks, alliances, and public–private partnerships—including the UNFCCC Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN); the World Intellectual Property Organization’s WIPO GREEN; Mission Innovation; the Breakthrough Energy Coalition; and the International Solar Alliance. There have been grand hopes and ambitions in respect of these collaborative and co-operative ventures. However, there have also been significant challenges in terms of funding, support, and operation. In a case of innovation policy pluralism, there also seems to be a significant level of overlap and duplication between the diverse international initiatives. There have been concerns about whether such technology networks are effective, efficient, adaptable, and accountable. There is a need to better align intellectual property, innovation policy, and technology transfer in order to achieve access to clean energy and climate justice under the framework of the Paris Agreement 2015. At a conceptual level, philosophical discussions about climate justice should be grounded in pragmatic considerations about intellectual property and technology transfer. An intellectual property mechanism is necessary to provide for research, development, and deployment of clean technologies. There is a need to ensure that the technology mechanism of the Paris Agreement 2015 can enable the research, development, and diffusion of clean technologies at a scale to address the global challenges of climate change. Full article
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