Knowledge for a warmer world: a patent analysis of climate change adaptation technologies

GSTDTAP > 地球科学

	Knowledge for a warmer world: a patent analysis of climate change adaptation technologies
	Kerstin Hötte; Su Jung Jee; Sugandha Srivastav
	2021-08-09
出版年	2021
国家	英国
领域	地球科学 ; 资源环境
英文摘要	Technologies help adapt to climate change but little systematic research about these technologies and their interaction with mitigation exists. We identify climate change adaptation technologies (CCATs) in US patent data to study the technological frontier in adaptation. We find that patenting in CCATs was roughly stagnant over the past decades. CCATs form two main clusters: (1) science-intensive CCATs related to agriculture, health and monitoring technologies; and (2) engineering-based for coastal, water and infrastructure adaptation. 25% of CCATs help in climate change mitigation, and we infer that synergies can be maximized through well designed policy. CCATs rely more on public R&D than other inventions, and CCAT patents are citing more science over time, indicating a growing relevance of research as a knowledge source for innovation. Policymakers can use these results to get greater clarity on where R&D support for CCATs can be directed.
URL	查看原文
来源平台	Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/336055
专题	地球科学资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kerstin Hötte,Su Jung Jee,Sugandha Srivastav. Knowledge for a warmer world: a patent analysis of climate change adaptation technologies,2021.