Governance and technology transfer in the Clean Development Mechanism in India |
| |
| Authors: | Jon Phillips Kasturi Das Peter Newell |
| |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Geography, King''s College London, United Kingdom;2. Economic Environment and Strategy Area, Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad, Delhi-NCR, India;3. Department of International Relations, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9SN, United Kingdom |
| |
| Abstract: | Despite significant technological advances in emerging economies, the further development of clean energy technologies in developing countries remains crucial to reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with economic development. In this paper we address two significant gaps in the growing body of literature that has assessed the role of the Clean Development Mechanism in promoting the transfer of clean technologies to developing countries. First, we present a qualitative analysis of the governance of the Clean Development Mechanism in India. This provides a basis for understanding the extent to which and the ways in which governance may impact upon the likelihood that projects promote technology transfer. Second, we provide a novel quantification of the level and nature of technology transfer that has occurred in Indian Clean Development Mechanism projects, based on insights from literature on technological capability building. We find that the Clean Development Mechanism in India has produced a negligible number of projects that promote technology transfer if technology transfer is understood as a process of learning about technology. Together these qualitative and quantitative analyses show how politics and governance have contributed to the current form of the Clean Development Mechanism market in India, in which processes of building indigenous technological capabilities have been neglected. |
| |
| Keywords: | Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Technology Transfer Innovation India Clean Energy Governance |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ |
|
