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IPR and competitiveness issues must not poison negotiations on new Global Climate Deal

By Shane Tomlinson, Pelin Zorlu and Claire Langley

Editor’s Notes:
1. E3G is an independent, non-profit European organisation operating in the public interest to accelerate the global transition to sustainable development. E3G builds cross-sectoral coalitions to achieve carefully defined outcomes, chosen for their capacity to leverage change. E3G works closely with like-minded partners in government, politics, business, civil society, science, the media, public interest foundations and elsewhere. More information is available at http://www.e3g.org
2. Chatham House, Chatham House has been the home of the Royal Institute of International Affairs for over eight decades. Our mission is to be a world-leading source of independent analysis, informed debate and influential ideas on how to build a prosperous and secure world for all. http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk
3. Innovation and Technology Transfer is a new report from E3G, in conjunction with Chatham House, as part of their programme of work on Climate Change and Energy. The Executive Summary of the report can be downloaded as a pdf here. The full report will be launched at the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention being held in Poznan, Poland, from 1 December 2008.

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