LeadIT and the  World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are collaborating  to raise awareness and visibility of the WIPO GREEN Database of Needs and Green Technologies.  By working with WIPO we hope to encourage more knowledge sharing amongst LeadIT members and stakeholders and provide a valuable source of technology solutions.  The database features more than 140,000 green technologies, of which around 5,000 are contributed by companies, researchers, and other diverse stakeholders including LeadIT members and stakeholders. The database contains a large number of patents which may be an inspiration for new ideas and what may be coming in the future..

WIPO GREEN is an online platform for technology exchange that connects providers and seekers of green technologies. It is unique because it assembles in one place technologies at all stages of development, from patent to prototypes to marketable products. These technologies are available for license, collaboration, joint ventures, and sale. By including eco-friendly technologies as well as technology “needs” in its database, WIPO GREEN is a go-to platform for green technology innovation and matchmaking.

WIPO GREEN produces the annual WIPO flagship publication Green Technology Book which describes latest developments in various climate change and environment areas and showcases more than 200 technologies in each edition. Many more similar technologies can be found in the dedicated Green Technology Book collection in the WIPO GREEN database. In particular, the edition on Climate Change Mitigation Technologies contains a chapter on the steel end cement sectors. Further solutions in low-carbon steel and cement can be found the database collection.

LeadIT members can become part of the database by registering and uploading their solutions, a simple no-cost process. Central reports or similar describing successful low-carbon implementations can be sent to WIPO GREEN for upload in the database as knowledge material.

By collaborating with WIPO GREEN, LeadIT aims to support and inspire project developers, technology providers, and potential technology users who are:

• Seeking technology solutions to inspire or guide the design and development of their technical assistance requests for addressing specific climate challenges;
• Seeking to identify companies and institutions that offer climate technology solutions;
• Looking for potential partners to collaborate on implementing climate technology solutions and interested in showcasing their climate technology solutions to a broad, global audience.