The mismatch between the in-country determinants of technology transfer, and the scope of technology transfer initiatives under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Puig, Daniel; Haselip, James Arthur; Bakhtiari, Fatemeh

doi:10.1007/s10784-018-9405-1

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“…The technology framework administered the launch of a technology transfer information clearing house, the creation of a network of information centres and the drawing up of a list of activities needed for capacity building. Despite some progress, the framework failed to deliver meaningful outcomes, as it lacked a holistic framework that embedded technology transfer within each country's broader socioeconomic context (Puig et al, 2018).…”

Section: Concern Over Technology Transfer To the Least Developed Countries: A Journey From Rio To Paris Via Kyotomentioning

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A journey from Rio to Paris via Kyoto to facilitate technology transfer to the LDCs under the UNFCCC

Azam

2021

JPPEL

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate to what extent the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have supported (or could support) the least developed countries (LDCs) particularly for accessing the climate technologies and thereby to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted legal dogmatism to evaluate the gradual development of technology transfer issues to support the LDCs under the international climate regime. Findings This study suggested a few potential measures to facilitate meaningful technology transfer to LDCs – such as clarifying and linking the role of the technology and financial mechanism, a more robust role of capacity building, using the sustainable development mechanism with a technology transfer focus, improving the transparency and reporting mechanism to particularly indicate support regarding technology transfer requested and received by the LDCs linking it with the nationally determined contributions, and adapting a pragmatic approach to intellectual property. Originality/value This study is an original contribution as it identified concern over technology transfer under the UNFCCC since 1992 with a focus on the LDCs and indicated required actions that need to be taken to support the LDCs in the context of climate-related technology transfer and beyond.

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Section: Concern Over Technology Transfer To the Least Developed Countries: A Journey From Rio To Paris Via Kyotomentioning

confidence: 99%

A journey from Rio to Paris via Kyoto to facilitate technology transfer to the LDCs under the UNFCCC

Azam

2021

JPPEL

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“…Puig et al (2018) used standardized questionnaire-based instrument on in-country determinants of technology transfer for climate change mitigation. A bidirectional causality is observed between environment degradation and foreign trade, Pao and Tsai (2011) and Nasir and Rehman (2011).…”

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Revisiting environmental degradation and economic growth nexus using autoregressive distributed lag approach

Singhania

Saini

2020

IJPPM

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PurposeThe paper attempts to revisit the nexus between economic growth, carbon emissions, trade openness, financial effectiveness and FDI for a sample of seven developed and developing countries using curvilinear relationship as per environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis over long term.Design/methodology/approachThe authors determine the unit root properties of variables (using Clemente–Montañés–Reyes unit root test with double mean shifts and AO model and augmented Dickey–Fuller test) for structural breaks at different levels. Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) and error correction model (ECM) methodology was used to estimate long- and short-run parameters among the selected variables in sample countries from 1965 to 2016. Vector error correction (VEC) and Granger causality approach was used to determine the direction of causality.FindingsThe authors confirmed long-run relationship among the variables and highlighted high economic growth and energy consumption as the main causes of environmental degradation. While in India financial development and FDI inflows depict a negative association with environmental sustainability, however, such relationship was positive in the United Kingdom (UK), which is often considered as a benchmark for policymakers. The authors’ findings were in agreement with existing research insights in reporting FDI and financial development as the major contributors towards (unsustainable) sustainable environment through emissions in case of (developing country like India) developed country like UK. For other sample countries (China, Brazil, Japan, South Africa, United States of America (USA)), the authors’ model failed to capture financial development and FDI as significant contributors of carbon emissions. However, unidirectional causality running from energy to carbon emission was observed leading to the policy adoption of incentivizing alternative energy-based resources to increase energy efficiency across the energy value chain.Research limitations/implicationsManufacturing with renewable energy, in collaboration with private and foreign players, under an institutional framework is desirable. Policy instruments including mandatory administrative controls, economic incentives and voluntary schemes that promote energy efficiency building blocks need to be established. A sound legal system for implementing technological innovation, financial subsidy incentives, interest-free loan programmes and development of financial sector supports creation and thriving of energy efficient units, often a perquisite for accelerated development.Originality/valueBy undertaking a comparative analysis, the authors address the research gap through revisiting EKC hypothesis with different set of trade policy and financial development framework. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, earlier studies were limited to one-country data analysis and did not consider the comparative data set of developed and developing countries with reference to financial development and FDI components.

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“…Yet, the success of such cooperation mechanisms requires a tailored process which considers the specificities of the technology as well as the national circumstances (Sagar 2009 ; Pandey et al 2022 ). Hence, many authors argue for the need for bottom-up country-driven approaches in climate technology cooperation processes, led by the demands of the recipient country (Liu and Liang 2011 ; Boldt et al 2012 ; Boyd 2012 ; de Coninck and Puig 2015 ; Ockwell and Byrne 2016 ; Puig et al 2018 ; Prasad and Sud 2021 ).…”

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“…Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) can be defined as a group of country-driven activities which aims to the identification, prioritization, and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies in terms of climate change mitigation and/or adaptation (de Coninck and Puig 2015 ; UNEP DTU 2020 ). It is a long-standing multilateral effort aimed at promoting technology transfer: since 2001, more than 80 countries published their reports in the official TNA database, and there are some 60 that specifically address the identification and prioritization of climate change mitigation technologies (Puig et al 2018 ; Hofman and van der Gaast 2019 ; UNEP DTU 2020 ).…”

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Inter-sectoral prioritization of climate technologies: insights from a Technology Needs Assessment for mitigation in Brazil

Silva

Szklo

Vinhoza

et al. 2022

Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change

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Technological development is key for national strategies to cope with the Paris Agreement’s goals. Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) aim to identify, prioritize, and diffuse climate change mitigation and/or adaptation technologies in developing countries. Their methodology includes a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) framework but, although many countries already conducted a TNA, literature lacks discussions on country-specific processes for a TNA, as it usually follows a one-size-fits-all approach. This paper provides empirical evidence on the importance of country-driven processes that help shaping international programmes into country-specific needs and capabilities. It presents lessons learned from a tailored process for identification, prioritization, and selection of mitigation technologies in the scope of a TNA project for Brazil, an exceptional case of a developing country with strong capacity in integrated assessment modelling (IAM) scenarios for guiding its climate strategies. A previous IAM scenario result allowed pre-selecting technologies in six key economic sectors, while other TNAs prioritized no more than three. This allowed the elaboration of an overall ranking from the MCDA, in contrast to sectoral rankings that are mostly employed in other countries’ TNAs. The overall ranking serves not only as a basis for the selection of priority technologies but also provides information on the integrated innovations framework for climate technologies in the country. Further specific findings of the tailored Brazilian TNA approach are discussed in the paper in order to call for the importance that a technology transfer project should not only be country-driven but also conducted through a country-specific process. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11027-022-10025-6.

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The mismatch between the in-country determinants of technology transfer, and the scope of technology transfer initiatives under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Cited by 15 publications

References 13 publications

A journey from Rio to Paris via Kyoto to facilitate technology transfer to the LDCs under the UNFCCC

A journey from Rio to Paris via Kyoto to facilitate technology transfer to the LDCs under the UNFCCC

Revisiting environmental degradation and economic growth nexus using autoregressive distributed lag approach

Inter-sectoral prioritization of climate technologies: insights from a Technology Needs Assessment for mitigation in Brazil

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