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Urban, Frauke (2018) 'China's rise: Challenging the North-South technology transfer paradigm for climate change mitigation and low carbon energy.' Energy Policy, 113. pp. 320-330.

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Abstract

Historically, technology transfer from the global North to China played a large role in renewable energy pathways in China, particularly for wind energy, partly also for solar energy. Yet, the rise of China and other emerging economies means a shift away from a reliance on technology transfer and production capabilities to strengthening indigenous innovation capabilities. Drawing on evidence from the hydropower, solar and wind energy industry in China, the paper introduces the concept of ‘geographies of technology transfer and cooperation’ and challenges the North-South technology transfer and cooperation paradigm for low carbon innovation and climate change mitigation. The empirical evidence shows that for low carbon innovation, the conception that China is lacking behind in innovation capabilities is partly outdated. Instead, there is an increase in indigenous innovation capabilities, resulting in South-South technology transfer and cooperation as well as elements of ‘reverse’ South-North technology cooperation.

Item Type: Journal Article
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > Interdisciplinary Studies > Centre for Development, Environment and Policy
ISSN: 03014215
Copyright Statement: © 2017 The Author. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/).
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.11.007
Date Deposited: 19 Nov 2017 16:57
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/24824
Funders: Economic and Social Research Council

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