Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Cleantech: A Pathway for Developing Countries

(Elgar Intellectual Property and Global Development series)
Climate  Change, Sustainable Development and Cleantech envisions both global  cleantech development and international cleantech transfer as crucial  means to address climate change and secure sustainable development for  planet earth. The book examines what it takes to attract foreign  cleantech and encourage domestic cleantech innovation. The author  proposes a pathway for developing countries that includes international  aid, mutually beneficial international cleantech cooperation and  domestic cleantech innovation.

Prior to becoming an academician,  the author garnered over fifteen years’ practical experience as a  software engineer and attorney at law. The author has drawn on this  experience to examine empirical analysis of factual data such as global  R&D data, global patenting data, international surveys concerning  cleantech transfer and domestic cleantech innovation and proposes  effective solutions to address climate change and achieve sustainable  development.

This book's interdisciplinary and empirical-based  analysis and recommendations will be most valuable to policymakers  working in climate change, sustainable development, cleantech  development or deployment, intellectual property and innovation policy.