Strong IPR regimes counterproductive for climate change technology transfers SciDev summarizes the conclusions from a new report undertaken by Asian research institutes: “The notion that climate technology cannot be transferred to a developing country unless it has strong intellectual property laws — a cherished belief among developed countries — has …
Strong IPR regimes counterproductive for climate change technology transfers
SciDev summarizes the conclusions from a new report undertaken by Asian research institutes: “The notion that climate technology cannot be transferred to a developing country unless it has strong intellectual property laws — a cherished belief among developed countries — has been called into question by a new study.
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The Peak of the Oil Age – The Uppsala World Energy Outlook
by Kjell Aleklett, Mikael Höök, Kristofer Jakobsson, Michael Lardelli, Simon Snowden, Bengt Söderbergh A new study has been accepted for publication in the journal of Energy Policy. The article performs an analysis of the oil production forecast done by the International Energy Agency in 2008 and highlights several shortcomings as …
NewNet Clean Energy Investor Newsletter
23 Nov 2009 DEALS NEWS… University funding network Billiken Angel Network invests $300,000 into wind developer Affinity Wind Arcadia and Vilmorin partner to develop nitrogen-efficient wheat Solargiga Energy awarded tender for 13.5MW Golden Sun pilot project Miles Mahoney appointed president of Evergreen Energy Clean Energy Fuels wins contract to design …
U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Great Wall in Badaling, China
This is a CAP repost by Julian L. Wong and Andrew Light. The United States and China announced on Tuesday a package of cooperative agreements on clean energy and climate change that are remarkable in both breadth and ambition. The cluster of seven initiatives, partnerships, action plans, and research centers …
The Private Inurement Doctrine And Nonprofits
All nonprofit organizations are subject to what is called the “private inurement” doctrine. Simply put, private inurement is income or other financial gain from a nonprofit to an individual for which the nonprofit does not receive a comparable benefit in return (in other words, the value of the financial gain …
Why do companies issue sustainability reports? GRI invites companies to have their say
19 November 2009 Amsterdam The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today invited all companies who issue sustainability reports (also known as “CSR” or “Corporate Social Responsibility” reports) to have their say on why they do it. The number of companies issuing sustainability reports has reached a record high. Such reports allow …
(ENS) World News, Nov. 18, 2009: Women & Climate, U.S. & China, Katrina Flood
UN Report: Women’s Profound Role in Averting Climate Crisis LONDON, UK, November 18, 2009 (ENS) – Women are central to global and national efforts to cope with climate change, concludes a new report, “The State of World Population 2009,” released today by the United Nations Population Fund. The authors predict …
EFP Online News – ‘Stern review’ calls for ecosystem markets, EPA plans tighter SO2 timing
Online News 19 November Post-2012 climate deal delay ‘rocks confidence’ – investors (from Carbon Finance) 19 November: Statements from US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao that a legally binding climate deal is unlikely to be struck at Copenhagen next month have rocked confidence in the global carbon …