Climate Innovation Centres: A New Way to Foster Climate Technologies in the Developing World?

This analytical report was commissioned with the aim to develop practical recommendations on the design of Climate Innovation Centres (CICs). The report shows how CICs can: develop and deploy appropriate technologies to mitigate and adapt to climate change; catalyse competitive domestic industries in clean technologies for job creation and economic growth; and deliver ancillary climate technology benefits such as energy security and access, and reduced local pollution. The report is intended to assist a wide audience – including developing country decision-makers, technology entrepreneurs, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), industry, NGOs, and donors – understand and develop CICs as part of a strategy to transfer, develop, and deploy advanced climate technologies suitable for the developing world.