Kick starting the climate change technology revolution: the potential - and limitations - of Asia-Pacific partnerships for technology development and transfer Peter Lawrence
Asia Pacific Partnership, key features: Soft law No targets Formally complementary to UN negs. Sectoral approach Reciprocal v. common but diff. obligations Direct industry participation, no ngos
Assessment Criteria Transformational criteria: “extent to which technology partnership can deliver a transformation in terms of the systemic increase in the uptake of low greenhouse gas emission technologies” 2) Contribution to ghg emission reductions 3) Interaction with global UNFCCC
APP projects: Solar Systems Pty Ltd - 1 GW solar power stations Australia, China, US Post-combustion capture (PCC) pilot plant in Beijing (CSIRO) Roaring 40s joint venture wind farms in toChina