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Lost in transition

Disputes over intellectual property rights can delay the spread of clean technologies to the developing world, but they are not wholly to blame.

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Jeffries, E. Lost in transition. Nature Clim Change 3, 94–95 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1813

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