Intellectual Property and Climate Change - Inventing Clean Technologies Author Rimmer M. Date 2011 Source IUCN (ID: MON-093219) Publisher | Place of publication Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd | Cheltenham, United Kingdom ISBN 978-1-84844-624-3 Document type Monography/book Language English Field of application International Subject Air & atmosphere, Energy Keyword Intellectual property rights/patents Climate change Technology transfer Abstract In the wake of the international summits in Copenhagen and Cancún, there is an urgent need to consider the role of intellectual property law in encouraging research, development, and diffusion of clean technologies to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. This book charts the patent landscapes and legal conflicts emerging in a range of fields of innovation – including renewable forms of energy, such as solar power, wind power, and geothermal energy; as well as biofuels, green chemistry, green vehicles, energy efficiency, and smart grids. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9780857935885