"The East African" in
its story Poor world calls on West to
share 'clean' technology looks into the
issues of global warming, climate change and the role of IP and technology
transfer vis-à-vis environment.
Some extracts of the
story are reproduced below:
"The G-77 and
"They recognise that
the innovator should be paid," said Krishnaswamy Srinivas, a policy adviser
with Greenpeace International in an interview with The EastAfrican.
Mr Srinivas said
developing countries believe that once patent holders are compensated, the
technologies they have developed can be made readily available to developing countries."
The author also
refers to the international conferences and moves made in this direction in the
following:
"The contribution of
technology to a reduction in global warming is recognised in the Kyoto Protocol
of 1997, which asks states to co-operate in the development and transfer of
such technology.
This plea was
strengthened during last year's climate conference in
The
The Plan also calls
for the need to remove obstacles to technology transfer and to come up with
incentives for developing cleaner technologies and encouraging them to be
transferred among states.
But one year down
the line, the developed world has shown little enthusiasm about embracing the
Bali Action Plan.
In the various
sessions at the
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