Where there's a will or a war... (COP 14)
I was struck in today’s RINGO meeting by an observation made by Ambassaodor Bo Kjellen, Sweden’s former Chief Negotiator in the UN talks and now with SEI (Stockholm Environment Institute). Discussion had centred on the failure to advance negotiations around Technology Transfer – a critical component of post 2012 mitigation efforts. He pointed out that the seemingly insuperable obstacles in the way of technology transfer for climate solutions bemused him in light of the ease with which military technology can and is transferred around the world when national interests demand. Perhaps when the real global battle to stabilise our climate begins, the current hurdles will be swept away and a different perspective will emerge: balancing IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) against the benefits to the IPR holders of avoiding catastrophic climate impacts?
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