September 2009 l ICTSD Programme on IPRs and Sustainable Development Access to Climate Change Technology by Developing Countries A Practical Strategy By Cynthia Cannady IP*SEVA ICTSD Global Platform on Climate Change, Trade Policies and Sustainable Energy Issue Paper No.25
ii Cannady — Access to Climate Change Technology by Developing Countries: A Practical Strategy Published by International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) International Environment House 2 7 chemin de Balexert, 1219 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 917 8492 Fax: +41 22 917 8093 E-mail: ictsd@ictsd.ch Internet: www.ictsd.<strong>org</strong> Chief Executive: Core Programme: Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz Christophe Bellmann: Programmes Director David Vivas-Eugui: Deputy Programmes Director Pedro Roffe: Senior Fellow, Intellectual Property Ahmed Abdel Latif: Programme Manager, Intellectual Property Dr Thomas Henninger: Junior Programme Officer, Intellectual Property Acknowledgments This paper was commissioned under the ICTSD Programme on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development and the Global Platform on Climate Change, Trade Policies and Sustainable Energy – an initiative supported by DANIDA (Denmark); Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland; the Department for International Development (United Kingdom); the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway; and the Commonwealth Secretariat. ICTSD is grateful for their support. The author wishes to acknowledge the insightful comments and information offered by the experts who reviewed this paper, including Naoto Kuji, Lianyuan Ma, Frederick Abbott, Ruth Okediji, Pedro Roffe and Ahmed Abdel Latif. Cynthia Cannady is principal attorney and founder of IP*SEVA, a California-based law firm concentrating in representation of sustainable energy ventures, with a partner office in Stuttgart, Germany. For more information about ICTSD’s Programme on IPRs and Sustainable Development visit our website at www.ictsd.<strong>org</strong> ICTSD welcomes feedback and comments on this document. These can be sent to directly to the author at cannady@ipseva.com or to aabdellatif@ictsd.ch. Citation: Cannady, Cynthia (2009). Access to Climate Change Technology by Developing Countries: A Practical Strategy, ICTSD’s Programme on IPRs and Sustainable Development, Issue Paper No. 25, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Geneva, Switzerland. Copyright © ICTSD, 2009. Readers are encouraged to quote this material for educational and nonprofit purposes, provided the source is acknowledged. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-No-Derivative Works 3.0 License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.<strong>org</strong>/licenses/bync-nd/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ICTSD or the funding institutions. ISSN 1684-9825