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Biden support for US cleantech innovation ‘will raise the bar’ internationally
(Climate Change News, 15 Jul 2020) US presidential candidate Joe Biden’s plan to spur innovation in clean technology will ripple beyond America’s borders, experts say.
The Democratic nominee in this year’s US presidential election pledged to pursue “historic” investments in energy innovation and accelerate research and development on clean technologies “on a scale well beyond the Apollo programme” – which took the first men to the moon in 1969.
Cliona Howie, head of circular economy at EIT Climate-KIC, a European project that supports clean technology innovation, told Climate Home News the plan, while focused on developing American technologies, could have global benefits.
“[The climate crisis] is not about intellectual property or burning out the competition, this is all hands on deck and we need all actors to take up the challenge,” she said.
Climate Change News, 15 Jul 2020: Biden support for US cleantech innovation ‘will raise the bar’ internationally
