How to accelerate technology transfer for climate change mitigation

Ken Chomitz, Senior Advisor at the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group, explains how to speed the diffusion of climate-friendly technologies in energy and land use, illustrated with examples from China and Colombia. Key lessons: intellectual property rights are not always -central to technology transfer; demonstration projects can spur technology diffusion -- but only when there is a clear conception of what is being demonstrated to whom, and why; rapid, public feedback from projects can push technology forward.

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• climate change
• technology transfer
• energy
• environment
• evaluation
• China
• colombia
• demonstration projects
• climate mitigation
• global warming
• green technology