Kyoto inspires massive upsurge in clean energy patents

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UN report links global yearly increase of 20 per cent with 1997 treaty adoption, although 80 per cent of applications are from six developed countries

The signing of the Kyoto Treaty has inspired a 20 per cent annual increase in clean energy patents worldwide and the UK is one of six nations accounting for 80 per cent of innovations in the sector, a...

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