| From Cpaglobal.com: Global interest in clean energy solutions from carbon funds and technology giants is stimulating a surge in 'green' patents, according to a new study. The report, Carbon Trading: Patently Set for Growth, indicates a strong link between disbursements from the World Bank Carbon Finance Unit and patent filings for clean technologies from 2000 onwards.
The study isolated and analysed 171 relevant families of business method patents that had been generated over the study period. This took in the decade from 1998 to the present, in order to track the effects of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which made detailed provisions for carbon trading. Of those patent families, 54 were directly related to carbon trading tools, and 33 to forms of carbon administration...... Full Article: Source
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