International Journal of Development in Social Sciences and Humanities

The SDG 13 states the urgency in action to “combat climate change and its impact.” The specific goal aims to garner US$ 100 Billion annually by 2020 to address the requirements of third-world nations to adapt to climate change. The same requires the development and dissemination of green and environment-friendly technology. In furtherance of the same, the International Patent Classification Committee developed an ‘IPC Green Inventory,’ which stores and enables its users to access patient-related information surrounding green technologies dealing in alternative energy production, energy conservation, nuclear power generation, transportation, management of waste, agriculture forestry as well as other design-related aspects. It also helps achieve the agenda laid under Article 7 of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which states that IPR shall “promote technological innovation and the transfer and dissemination of technology, to the mutual advantage of producers and users of technological knowledge and in a manner conducive to social and economic welfare, and to a balance of rights and obligations.” In furtherance of such objectives, the US and China have joined hands to promote R&D activates in clean energy technologies in the form of a ‘Clean Energy Research Centre.’ Similarly, India and the US have partnered for addressing and meeting sustainability challenges by the establishment of the Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Centre (JCERDC). WIPO has also played a crucial role in the form of its initiative, WIPO GREEN, which stimulates environment-friendly technologies and puts together inventors, innovators, and users to improve access, help commercialize through buy-outs and licensing of such technology. An example of this is Cloud Fisher that helped in introducing access to clean water in places where there is a shortage of clean drinking water.