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Improving technology transfer through national systems of innovation: climate relevant innovation-system builders (CRIBs)
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posted on 2023-06-08, 21:08 authored by David OckwellDavid Ockwell, Robert ByrneRobert ByrneThe Technology Executive Committee (TEC) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recently convened a workshop seeking to understand how strengthening national systems of innovation (NSIs) might help to foster the transfer of climate technologies to developing countries. This article reviews insights from the literatures on Innovation Studies and Socio-Technical Transitions to demonstrate why this focus on fostering innovation systems has potential to be more transformative as an international policy mechanism for climate technology transfer than anything the UNFCCC has considered to date. Based on insights from empirical research, the article also articulates how the existing architecture of the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism could be usefully extended by supporting the establishment of CRIBs (climate relevant innovation-system builders) in developing countries – key institutions focused on nurturing the climate-relevant innovation systems and building technological capabilities that form the bedrock of transformative, climate-compatible technological change and development.
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Climate PolicyISSN
1469-3062Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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7Volume
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836-854Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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2015-06-18First Open Access (FOA) Date
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