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LOCATION:Geneva\, Suisse
SUMMARY:Intellectual Property Rights and Climate Change: Interpreting the T
 RIPS Agreement for Environmentally Sound Technologies
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DESCRIPTION:The UN General Assembly has characterised climate change as &qu
 ot\;a common concern of mankind&quot\;. It is alleged that innovation and 
 transfer of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs)\, which form part of
  the solution to climate change\, has not taken place fast enough to effec
 tively mitigate climate change. To the extent that ESTs are protected by i
 ntellectual property rights (IPRs)\, there is a growing recognition that t
 he Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRI
 PS Agreement) could play a more important role in mitigating climate chang
 e. Two main research questions addressed in the book will be discussed in 
 the session: Whether and\, if so\, to what extent do the minimum IPR stand
 ards established by the TRIPS Agreement facilitate innovation and transfer
  of ESTs? Whether and\, if so\, to what extent the TRIPS flexibilities can
  be interpreted to facilitate innovation and transfer of ESTs so as to add
 ress global climate change?Moderator Mr. Pedro Roffe\, Senior Fellow\, ICT
 SDPresentation Ms. Wei Zhuang\, Author of the Book\, and Associate\, WTI A
 dvisorsCommentatorsMr. Vicente Paolo Yu\, Deputy Executive Director\, Sout
 h CentreMr. Anthony Taubman\, Director of Intellectual Property\, Governme
 nt Procurement and Competition Division\, World Trade OrganizationMr. Chri
 stoph Spennemann\, Legal Officer and Officer in Charge\, Intellectual Prop
 erty Unit\, Division on Investment and Enterprise\, UNCTAD  Register onlin
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