Unless the green technological transition underway in Global North countries is globalized, it will fail to reach its developmental potential. To realize the ambitions of green industrial policies in the Global North, technology transfers to the Global South are a necessary supplement to climate finance initiatives.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals
Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription
$29.99 / 30 days
cancel any time
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 digital issues and online access to articles
$119.00 per year
only $9.92 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Allan, B., Lewis, J. I. & Oatley, T. Glob. Environ. Polit. 21, 1–19 (2021).
US Inflation Reduction Act: A catalyst for climate action. Credit Suisse (30 November 2022); https://go.nature.com/4ahug1l
The European Green Deal Investment Plan and Just Transition Mechanism explained. European Commission (14 January 2020); https://go.nature.com/3U3iMJ2
GHG emissions of all world countries (European Commission, 2023).
Songwe, V. et al. Finance for climate action: scaling up investment for climate and development (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2022); https://go.nature.com/3W2hUpJ
South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan for the initial period 2023-2027 (Presidency of the Republic of South Africa, 2022); https://www.climatecommission.org.za/publications/sa-jet-ip
Pandey, K. Global South needs to come together for a better just transition deal, says Louise Naudé. Mongabay-India (31 March 2023); https://go.nature.com/49lK4ii
Allan, B., Gordon, N. & Goldman, J. Building a Net-Zero World: How U.S. Finance Can Strengthen Clean Energy Manufacturing Abroad (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2023); https://go.nature.com/4cLxMCT
Victoria, M. et al. Joule 5, 1041–1056 (2021).
Lema, R. & Lema, A. Innov. Dev. 2, 23–44 (2012).
Nahm, J. Collaborative Advantage: Forging Green Industries in the New Global Economy (Oxford University Press, 2021).
Innovation, Protection and Transfer of Green Technologies. Presentation at WIPO (General Electric, 2011); https://go.nature.com/4aG0ByI
Kelly, L., Craft, B., Machulu, F. O. & Dhakal, M. Technology transfer: a new agenda for LDC negotiators (ODI, 2021); https://go.nature.com/3xmSrNk
Chorev, N. Am. Sociol. Rev. 77, 831–853 (2012).
Amsden, A. H. The Rise of ‘the Rest’: Challenges to the West from Late-industrializing Economies (Oxford University Press, 2001).
Cullenward, D. & Victor, D. G. Making climate policy work (Polity Press, 2020).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Ethics declarations
Competing interests
The authors declare no competing interests.
Peer review
Peer review information
Nature Sustainability thanks Bentley Allan and the other, anonymous, reviewer(s) for their contribution to the peer review of this work.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Bradlow, B.H., Kentikelenis, A. Globalizing green industrial policy through technology transfers. Nat Sustain (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01336-4
Published:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01336-4