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  • Environmental Science and Technology
  • Innovation Studies
  • Economic Geography

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  • Green technology innovation is crucial for addressing global environmental challenges.
  • Understanding the dynamics of green technology development and its geographical distribution is essential for policy-making.
  • Existing research often lacks a comprehensive analysis of long-term trends and country-specific typologies in green tech.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze empirical regularities in the development of green technology.
  • To assess the geographical distribution and evolution of environment-related technologies (ENV-Tech) using patent data.
  • To identify country typologies (leaders, laggards, catch-up) based on innovation capacity and complexity.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing patent data from 1970-2010 for technologies in environmental management, water adaptation, and climate change mitigation.
  • Applying the Economic Fitness-Complexity (EFC) approach to analyze technological development and geographical patterns.
  • Correlating invention capacity with GDP per capita to understand economic drivers.

Main Results:

  • Identified three distinct country typologies: leaders, laggards, and catch-up nations in green technology.
  • Documented a significant rise of East Asian countries from peripheral positions to key global actors in green innovation.
  • Observed a direct relationship between GDP per capita and invention capacity, but also noted rapid catch-up dynamics.
  • Found that while individual green technology domains may have peaked, there is increasing demand for cross-domain interoperability.

Conclusions:

  • Green technology development is characterized by specific empirical regularities and distinct geographical patterns.
  • East Asian countries exemplify successful catch-up strategies in green innovation, challenging traditional economic-innovation correlations.
  • Future green technology advancement will likely depend on enhanced integration and interoperability across diverse environmental domains.