Book Review: Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Cleantech: A Pathway for Developing Countries
Combating climate change will require a global effort, but the tools and resources for this fight are currently held by just a few affluent countries. How can we distribute these often-proprietary technologies to developing nations whose participation is vital to achieving international climate goals? Further, how can we do so while also incentivizing wealthy States to continue groundbreaking research and development in this field? These are thorny questions, but author Joy Y. Xiang is equal to the task in her meticulously constructed text, Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Cleantech: A Pathway for Developing Countries. With clear-headed analysis and precise prose, Xiang unpacks how intellectual property law and sustainable development can be cornerstones for the widespread adoption of new technologies designed to mitigate or adapt to climate change (so-called “cleantech”).