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Enhancing Developing Country Access to Eco-Innovation: The Case of Technology Transfer and Climate Change in a Post-2012 Policy Framework

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  • David Ockwell

    (University of Sussex)

  • Jim Watson

    (University of Sussex)

  • Alexandra Mallett

    (University of Sussex)

  • Ruediger Haum

    (University of Sussex)

  • Gordon MacKerron

    (University of Sussex)

  • Anne-Marie Verbeken

    (University of Sussex)

Abstract
The deployment of eco-innovations in developing countries is a key driver of their contribution to efficiently addressing global environmental challenges. It is also a key driver of markets for eco-innovation and sustainable economic development. This report explores the barriers developing countries face in accessing markets for eco-innovation. It outlines the key considerations policy needs to address to overcome these barriers and discusses the extent to which selected existing policy mechanisms and organisation have achieved this. The key finding of the report is that the majority of existing policy mechanisms fails to recognise the critical importance of developing indigenous eco-innovation capabilities amongst developing country firms. Indigenous eco-innovation capabilities are essential to facilitating both the diffusion of existing ecoinnovations within developing countries and sustainable economic development based on the adoption, adaption and development of environmentally sound technologies that fit with the bespoke conditions faced by developing countries. Building up eco-innovation capabilities in developing countries requires a shift away from the current focus on large project based approaches which emphasise the transfer of the hardware aspects of clean technologies, towards approaches that emphasise flows of codified knowledge (know-how and know-why) and tacit knowledge. Policy also needs to be improved to better respond to the context-specific technological and cultural requirements which vary inter- and intra-nationally. La diffusion des éco-innovations dans les pays en développement est un facteur clé de la contribution de ces pays à une lutte effective contre les grands enjeux environnementaux. C’est aussi un déterminant essentiel des marchés pour l’éco-innovation et le développement durable. Le présent rapport identifie les barrières auxquels les pays en développement sont confrontés pour accéder aux éco-innovations. Il souligne les enjeux clés que les politiques publiques doivent prendre en compte pour contourner ces barrières. Il évalue la réussite dans ce domaine de certains des mécanismes et organisations existants. La principale conclusion de ce rapport est que la majorité des mécanismes existants n’accordent pas suffisamment d’importance au développement des capacités locales à innover dans le domaine de l’environnement. Ces capacités, dans les pays concernés, contribuent de manière décisive à la fois à la diffusion des éco-innovations dans les pays en développement et à un développement durable fondé sur l’adoption, l’adaptation et le développement de technologies favorables à l’environnement qui soient adaptées aux contextes particuliers des pays en développement. Renforcer la capacité à innover dans les pays en développement suppose de renoncer partiellement à la priorité accordée actuellement au soutien aux grands projets ; cette priorité met l’accent sur le transfert des aspects purement technologiques. Le rapport plaide pour des approches qui mettent l’accent sur les flux de connaissance codifiés (pourquoi, comment) et tacites. Il convient également d’améliorer les politiques publiques de sorte qu’elles prennent mieux en compte les besoins technologiques et culturels propres aux contextes et qui varient au sein d’un même pays et entre les pays.

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  • David Ockwell & Jim Watson & Alexandra Mallett & Ruediger Haum & Gordon MacKerron & Anne-Marie Verbeken, 2010. "Enhancing Developing Country Access to Eco-Innovation: The Case of Technology Transfer and Climate Change in a Post-2012 Policy Framework," OECD Environment Working Papers 12, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:envaaa:12-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5kmfplm8xxf5-en
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    Cited by:

    1. Matthieu Glachant, 2013. "Greening Global Value Chains: Innovation and the International Diffusion of Technologies and Knowledge," OECD Green Growth Papers 2013/5, OECD Publishing.
    2. Chenli Yin & Maria Paz Salmador & Dan Li & M. Begoña Lloria, 2022. "Green entrepreneurship and SME performance: the moderating effect of firm age," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 18(1), pages 255-275, March.
    3. Gandenberger, Carsten, 2015. "Theoretical perspectives on the international transfer and diffusion of climate technologies," Working Papers "Sustainability and Innovation" S12/2015, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI).
    4. Nimisha Pandey & Heleen de Coninck & Ambuj D Sagar, 2022. "Beyond technology transfer: Innovation cooperation to advance sustainable development in developing countries," Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 11(2), March.
    5. Ghulam Samad & Rabia Manzoor, 2015. "Green Growth: Important Determinants," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 60(02), pages 1-15.
    6. repec:bfv:journl:008 is not listed on IDEAS
    7. Luis E. Villegas & Andrés A. Acuña-Duarte & César A. Salazar, 2023. "Corporate Social Responsibility and the Willingness to Eco-Innovate among Chilean Firms," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-19, June.
    8. David Ockwell & Rob Byrne, 2016. "Improving technology transfer through national systems of innovation: climate relevant innovation-system builders (CRIBs)," Climate Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(7), pages 836-854, October.

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    Keywords

    absorptive capabilities; eco-innovation; green technologies; innovation capabilities; multilateral environmental agreements; technology transfer;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O34 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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