Knowledge for a warmer world: A patent analysis of climate change adaptation technologies

Hötte, Kerstin; Jee, Su Jung

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121879

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“…Hotte and Jee [13] examine how historical trends in public support, environment, energy prices, and regulation may have contributed to patenting in CCATs. Son and Cho [14] analyze the technology fusion phenomena and its characteristics, focusing on the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry in South Korea.…”

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Identifying the Technology Opportunities and the Technology Taxonomy for Railway Static Inverters With Patent Data Analytics

Lee,

Han,

Kim

et al. 2024

IEEE Access

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In this study, we identify and forecast promising railway static inverter technologies and the technology taxonomy using patent data analytics. To this end, we identify technology topics through LDA topic modeling and interpret them through N-gram analysis. We then derive detailed promising technology topics through time series analysis and technology mapping. Finally, we identify leading companies and research institutes in the field of promising technology topics through bibliography and social network analysis of patent applicants. Our study identified six technology topics, and fields related to converter technology were identified as detailed promising technologies. Japanese companies represented by Mitsubishi, Hitachi, and Toshiba are leading R&D in this field, while Chinese companies represented by CRRC have also secured technological competitiveness. Additionally, France's Alstom is technically competitive when considering only the centrality index. Our study will contribute to its use as a meaningful reference for the establishment of railway R&D and the development of promising railway static inverter technologies.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Identifying the Technology Opportunities and the Technology Taxonomy for Railway Static Inverters With Patent Data Analytics

Lee,

Han,

Kim

et al. 2024

IEEE Access

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“…The research involved tracking the technology's evolution through patents and gauging Twitter users' perceptions and expectations about it. By comparing results from both data sources, CCATs demonstrated strong technological complementarities with mitigation, as over 25% of CCATs offer mitigation benefits, and this result offers insights into the development trends of the technology [17]. Touboul et al examined global innovation rates in climate adaptation technology, spotlighting leading nations and technology diffusion patterns.…”

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The Climate of Innovation: AI’s Growing Influence in Weather Prediction Patents and Its Future Prospects

Cheon,

Mun

2023

Sustainability

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As the severity of climate change intensifies, understanding and predicting weather patterns have become paramount. Major firms worldwide have recognized this urgency, focusing their innovative efforts on weather prediction. In line with this trend, this research delves into the intricate patterns of patent data within the realm of weather prediction from 2010 to 2023. The study unveils a standard timeline for patent grants in this domain, particularly noting a distinctive peak in grant durations between 1500 and 2000 days. The global landscape of weather prediction innovation is highlighted, pinpointing the United States, China, and Japan as pivotal contributors. A salient finding is the ascendant influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in this sector, underscored by the prevalence of AI-centric keywords such as “machine learning” and “neural network”. This trend exemplifies the ongoing paradigm shift toward data-driven methodologies in weather forecasting. A notable correlation was identified between patent trends and academic trends on platforms such as arXiv, especially concerning keywords such as “machine learning” and “deep learning”. Moreover, our findings indicate that the transformer network, given its rising prominence in deep learning realms, is predicted to be a future keyword trend in weather prediction patents. However, despite its insights, the study also grapples with limitations in its predictive modeling component, which aims at forecasting patent grant durations. Overall, this research offers a comprehensive understanding of the patent dynamics in weather prediction, illuminating the trajectory of technological advancements and the burgeoning role of AI. It holds implications for academia, industry, and policymaking in navigating the future of weather prediction technologies.

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“…These plans include strategies such as climate-smart agriculture, water sustainability, waste management and recycling, flood and climate protection, and analytical climate conditions innovation machinery on agricultural processes and activities. FITs are mainly seen as a potential solution [77]. FITs generally focus on how food and new food could be developed, produced, and processed via innovative technology to enhance food quality, safety, and security [78][79][80].…”

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“…The mitigation-adaptation trade-offs have shown examples of maladaptation, such as energy-intensive desalination technologies to improve water supply or air-conditioning in response to heat waves [88]. According to the authors of reference [77], at least three reasons hinder good equilibriums between mitigation-adaptation trade-offs: (i) firstly, to compare the costs of implementing current mitigation technologies or future adaptation technologies, it is necessary to consider the discount rate, which is empirically controversial. (ii) Secondly, the benefits of adaptation technologies are mostly site-specific and related to a private dimension; on the contrary, mitigation technologies contribute to the determination of conditions and situations which a wide range of people can benefit from, and that can be considered as global public goods.…”

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Food, Climate Change, and the Challenge of Innovation

et al. 2023

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Climate change is a shift in the climate’s condition that lasts for an extended period, usually decades or longer, and that may be detected by changes in the mean and variability of its parameters. The full spectrum of players and their related value-adding activities, that are a part of the food supply chain, including the disposal of food items derived from agriculture, forestry, or fisheries, are collectively called food systems. Food systems are a component of their larger economic, social, and environmental contexts. Finally, food security is the condition in which all individuals consistently have physical and financial access to adequate safe, nutritious food that satisfies their dietary needs and food choices for an active and healthy life. Climate change and its relationships with food systems and security are complex since food systems significantly contribute to climate change. However, climate change impacts food systems unpredictably, leading to food insecurity through adverse impacts on the four dimensions of food security: utilization, access, food availability, and stability. Climate change adaptation plans are urgent and include measures such as flood and climate protection, waste management and recycling, climate-smart agriculture, and analytical climatic conditions innovation equipment on agricultural processes and activities. Nevertheless, addressing the climate crisis and its adverse impacts on food security through the activation and promotion of innovation needs reliable information and intervention in many different but interconnected fields, such as institutional design, philanthropy, novel partnerships, finance, and international cooperation. In this context, this paper analyses the relationship between climate change, agriculture, and global–local strategies to ensure food security and also discusses policies’ role in fostering innovation for supporting local agro-food systems and their capacity to sustain societal needs.

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Knowledge for a warmer world: A patent analysis of climate change adaptation technologies

Cited by 24 publications

References 67 publications

Identifying the Technology Opportunities and the Technology Taxonomy for Railway Static Inverters With Patent Data Analytics

Identifying the Technology Opportunities and the Technology Taxonomy for Railway Static Inverters With Patent Data Analytics

The Climate of Innovation: AI’s Growing Influence in Weather Prediction Patents and Its Future Prospects

Food, Climate Change, and the Challenge of Innovation

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