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A Southern Critique of the Globalist Assumptions about Technology Transfer in Climate Change Treaty Negotiations

Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware jyoti{at}udel.edu

This article critically evaluates the process of technology transfer from developed to developing countries. It considers market-based policies contained in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which are proposed as tools to promote the transfer of technologies that can abate greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change. It uses the case of India to exemplify the conditions that exist and issues that arise in a rapidly developing country that is a recipient of such investments. It contests the claim that such market-based strategies embodied in the present climate policy framework can facilitate the transfer of technologies that offer ecologically sustainable and socially equitable solutions for developing countries.

Key Words: Kyoto Protocol • climate change • technology transfer • developed • developing • sustainability • equity

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