Factsheet: TRIPS Waiver for Climate Technologies
Breaking Global Trade Barriers to a Just Energy Transition
As the climate crisis intensifies and the Paris Agreement’s implementation window narrows, equitable access to climate technologies remains an unfulfilled pillar of the global response.
Many Global South countries remain unable to access or scale the clean technologies necessary to transition away from fossil fuels. This is not due to technical incapacity or lack of political will but because of legal and financial constraints embedded in global trade and IP systems.
Equitable access to clean energy technologies is an essential pillar of the global climate response, yet it remains obstructed by international intellectual property rules.
A TRIPS waiver for climate technologies and renewable energy infrastructure would dismantle these barriers, enabling all nations—not just the wealthiest—to access and produce the technologies necessary for a resilient, equitable, and sustainable global energy transition.
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