We are delighted to announce that a new IIPM paper has been published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change (TFSC) jointly written by Dr. Maximilian Elsen and Prof. Tietze.
Prior research shows that most climate change adaptation technologies (CCAT) are invented in high-income countries (HIC) with few studies analysing the contributions made by LMIC inventors to the development of CCAT technologies. Using the Y02A CPC class, this study sheds light on the contributions to the CCAT development coming from LMIC inventors and countries. The authors identify 56,045 CCAT-related international patent families being filed from 1980 to 2019, out of which about 10% seem to be developed with contributions from LMIC-based inventors (3.5% excluding China and India). Data has been analysed chronologically comparing patenting across the six Y02 groups, across country groups and across organisations for upper-middle and lower-middle income countries.
Elsen, Maximilian, and Frank Tietze. ‘Contributions from Low- and Middle-Income Countries to the Development of Climate Change Adaptation Technologies: A Patent Analysis’. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2024.
