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Christian Wichard (July 2011)

francesca — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:13:39 +0000

Christian Wichard, Deputy Director General at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), introduces the platform WIPO Green, a way of matching technologies up to users. He explains how this will accelerate technology transfer to developing countries. He says that they are widening this to look at the technology needs and sources of financing. He finishes on the negotiations on traditional knowledge and intellectual property.

Jim Pooley (July 2011)

francesca — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:43:48 +0000

Jim Pooley, Deputy Director General for Patents at the World Intellectual Property Organization, discusses how patents lead to innovation. He looks at the trade-offs and benefits, and how the patent system is the “proven best way” to get as much out there as possible. He refers to China and how their subsidies are enabling a whole class of innovators to enter the global economy.

Francis Gurry (July 2011)

francesca — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:34:43 +0000

Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), explains why innovation is fundamental to tackling climate change and building a green economy. He discusses how technology is unevenly shared worldwide and examines the public policy tensions between stimulating the creation of new technologies and the imperative to diffuse them on a global scale. He explores exhaustion of rights and parallel importation – looking at the differential prices across markets. He finishes on what could be achieved at Durban, explaining that “the patent system is the memory of humanity’s technology”.

Wend Wendland (July 2011)

francesca — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:29:10 +0000

Wend Wendland, World Intellectual Property Organization, delves into the issues of traditional knowledge, looking at where the rights lie, and the treaties emerging to protect them.

Giovanni Anelli (July 2011)

francesca — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:59:21 +0000

Giovanni Anelli, from CERN, outlines the type of technology they work with, defining their work in nuclear particulates. He explains the technology transfer programmes they conduct, emphasising the length of time it takes to transfer technology to developing countries.

Lucy Wanjiru (June 2011)

francesca — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:27:01 +0000

UNDP’s Lucy Wanjiru introduces the Women’s Green Business Initiative – aiming to accelerate economic growth and reduce poverty. The project is run by the UNDP and to be funded by the Japanese government. In its initial stages, she hopes funding will get off the ground soon, so work can start in August/September.

Simon Thuo (June 2011)

francesca — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:55:27 +0000

Simon Thuo, from the Global Water Partnership, analyses the potential dangers to monitoring the water footprint. He discusses inclusion of water within the text and itemises GWP’s wishlist for the next six months.

Joseph Alcamo (June 2011)

francesca — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:32:17 +0000

UNEP’s Chief Scientist, Joseph Alcamo shares the result of UNEP’s recent report on Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone. He explains how reducing certain particulates can lead to slowing down of global warming, with the caveat that these substances have a short life in atmospheric terms, so cannot be be used to replace long-term action. He talks about the possible influence on policymakers and further reports planned as a result.

Kevin Grose (June 2011)

francesca — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:26:10 +0000

Kevin Grose, Coordinator of Communications and Knowledge Management Services at the UNFCCC, discusses virtual participation, explaining how this is “a natural growth in the maturity of the global community on the internet”. He discusses the challenges and the benefits to rolling this out in the UNFCCC meetings. First steps are to engage the wider observer community online, tackling the issue of numbers of attending observer oganisations. He reiterates benefits of lower emissions and greater inclusion mentioned by James Lovegrove from TechAmerica and Sven-Erik Krüger from Microsoft.

Youba Sokona (June 2011)

francesca — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:31:41 +0000

Youba Soukona, Co-Chair of the IPCC Working Group 3, gives an overview of the recent Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources. He explains the process they have followed and finishes on the expected level of influence.