Patent Analytics Reports on Environment and Sustainability
These WIPO patent analytics reports delve into the latest innovations and advancements in sustainable resource management, offering insights into technologies designed to optimize the use of natural resources, reduce environmental pollution, and mitigate climate change impacts. Whether you are a researcher, policymaker, or industry professional, our detailed analyses provide a deep understanding of emerging trends and key players in the green technology space.
Explore the cutting-edge developments shaping a more sustainable future and discover how these innovations are transforming industries and protecting our planet.
Mapping Innovations: Patents and the Sustainable Development Goals
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2024
This WIPO patent analytics report sheds light on the intersection of patent activity and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), providing crucial insights into the impact of IP in advancing global sustainability efforts. The intersection of patents and the SDGs offers a unique lens and help track innovation aligned with the SDGs across diverse technology landscapes.
Hydrogen fuel cells in transportation
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2022
Over the next decade, transforming transportation to Net Zero requires a combination of technological innovation, government and corporate decision-making, and adapted customer behavior. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation is crucial. This WIPO report provides early observations on the patenting activity together with complementary information from online news, press releases, and corporate financial reporting in the field of hydrogen fuel cells in transportation.
Microalgae-Related Technologies
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2016
This report aims to provide patent-based info on technologies and patenting trends in microalgae. It covers patent applications and granted patents, revealing interesting facets of related research and innovation.
E-Waste Recycling Technologies
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
This report covers in detail patent applications and granted patents within the space of e-waste processing, and the recycling and recovery of materials from consumer products at the end of their useful life. Additionally, the report uses reference information, such as news and other business data sources to extend the information into real-world applicability, and also to verify the interest and commercial activity of entities mentioned within the study.
Solar Cooling Technologies
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
This report provides a general overview of existing solar cooling technologies and potential fields of application. It includes applications that go beyond air-conditioning, such as the cooling of water; refrigeration of sensitive goods, such as medicines; or desalination of seawater.
Solar Cooking
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
This report seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of available technologies that exclusively use solar energy as the primary energy source for cooking or pasteurizing food. At the same time, it identifies systems that are simple and easy to use in environments of rural communities; preferably systems that could be used in individual households. The report provides a description of the patent search methodology and evaluation of the results, showcasing the tools for accessing and using patent information.
Desalination Technologies and the Use of Alternative Energies for Desalination
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
This report presents various patterns of patenting activity and innovation in the area of desalination, with a separate focus on the use of renewable energies for desalination. It includes a comprehensive explanation of the search methodology and history (including all search queries), and of the evaluation of the search results is included and illustrates how patent information can be retrieved and exploited in the area of desalination.