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Inventions in climate change mitigation technologies grow strongly: report

Xinhua, December 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

A new study conducted by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) shows that inventions in climate change mitigation technologies have seen a fivefold increase worldwide between 1995 and 2011, said the EPO in a press release on the sidelines of the ongoing COP21 Tuesday.

The number of inventions in climate change mitigation technologies (CCMTs) worldwide has risen steadily since the signing of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, said the study, adding that this suggests that the implementation of climate change policies has helped stimulate innovation in CCMTs.

In particular, the growth in low-carbon inventions has been much faster than in other technologies, which represent nearly 6 percent of all of the world's inventions, up from 2 percent in 1995.

The study also shows that Europe is among the leaders in technical advances towards a low-carbon economy.

Europe produces nearly one fifth of all low-carbon inventions in the world, said the report.

Especially for the "high-value" inventions, meaning these with higher economic potentials, for which patent protection is sought in more than one country, Europeans account for nearly two fifths, said the report.

"New technologies are urgently needed to tackle the global challenge of climate change," said EPO President Benoit Battistelli.

"The report shows that in combination with clear legislation and policies to promote climate-change mitigation technologies, the patent system can support research, development and innovation in this field, as well as boosting trade and investment flows, and the transfer of these new technologies to other regions," said Benoit. Endit