Easier Said Than Done: Sharing Low-Carbon Technologies with Developing Countries

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While everyone seems to agree that climate change is a real and pressing issue that needs solutions, little agreement seems to be coming in terms of how to go about it.

Among the key weapons against climate change is the implementation of large-scale low-carbon technologies around the world, though several significant obstacles impede this progression, according to a report released this month by the Center for American Progress, a member of the Global Climate Network, which also collaborated on the report.

The report, Breaking Through on Technology: Overcoming the Barriers to the Development of Low-Carbon Technology, contains interviews of over 100 people (officials of companies in the private sector and government policymakers) in eight different countries (Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Nigeria, South Africa, and the United States) done between January and March 2009.

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