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It supports global efforts to address climate change by connecting providers and seekers of environmentally friendly technologies. Through its database, network and acceleration projects, it brings together key players to catalyze green technology innovation and diffusion.</p> <div id="accordion" class="accordion"> <div class="accordion__group"> <div class="accordion__heading"><a class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="#accordion__collapse__01" data-parent="#accordion" data-toggle="collapse">What are green technologies?</a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__01" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <p>Green technologies are environmentally sound technologies as defined in <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/Agenda21.pdf#page=305" target="__blank">Chapter 34 of Agenda 21 (The United Nations Program of Action from Rio, 1992)</a>. Green technologies “protect the environment, are less polluting, use all resources in a more sustainable manner, recycle more of their wastes and products, and handle residual waste in a more acceptable manner than the technologies for which they were substitutes”.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="box"> <p>Read the <a href="/wipogreen/en/faqs.html">full list of WIPO GREEN FAQs.</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="complementary"> <div class="box"> <p class="featured">Featured</p> <figure><a href="https://www.wipo.int/green-technology-book-mitigation/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="green-book-845" src="/wipogreen/images/green-book-2024-960.jpg" /></a></figure> <h3><a href="https://www3.wipo.int/wipogreen/en/news/2023/news_0027.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Green Technology Book </a></h3> <p>Energy solutions for climate change mitigation</p> <p><a href="https://www.wipo.int/web/green-technology-book/" target="_blank" class="btn call-to-action" rel="noopener">Read the book</a> | <strong><a href="https://wipogreen.wipo.int/wipogreen-database/collection-collections/146441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Upload Technology</a></strong></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content line"> <div class="content cols cols--two"> <div class="col"> <h2>Women in Green</h2> <figure><a href="/wipogreen/en/womeningreen/index.html"><img alt="women in green" src="/export/sites/www3/shared/pics/women_in_green.png" /></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Credit: ProfessionalStudioImages/ E+/Getty Images)</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="col"> <h2>Impact Stories</h2> <figure><a href="/wipogreen/en/impact-stories/index.html"><img alt="impact stories" src="/export/sites/www3/shared/pics/impact_stories.png" /></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Credit: pcess609/ iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images)</figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content line"> <div class="main"> <h2 class="header" id="news">News <a href="/wipogreen/en/news/"><button class="a-all btn btn-info">All news</button></a></h2> <div id="wipo-news" data-number="3" data-xml="/wipogreen/en/includes/ocms_news.xml"></div> </div> <div class="complementary"> <div class="box"> <h3 class="box__header">Email updates</h3> <p><strong>WIPO GREEN Newsletter</strong> – News, events, reports and announcements from the WIPO GREEN marketplace for green technologies.</p> <p><a class="btn call-to-action" href="https://www3.wipo.int/newsletters/en/#wipogreen_newsletter">Sign up</a>| <a href="https://www.wipo.int/newsletters-archive/en/wipo_green_newsletter.html">WIPO GREEN Archive</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--three line"> <div class="col"> <h2 id="providers"><a href="https://wipogreen.wipo.int/wipogreen-database/">Technology providers</a></h2> <p>Green technology inventors, entrepreneurs, and companies can list their products on the WIPO GREEN database to give them global visibility, helping to attract partners and finance. In this way, WIPO GREEN helps users connect to the global innovation ecosystem.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <h2 id="seekers"><a href="https://wipogreen.wipo.int/wipogreen-database/">Technology seekers</a></h2> <p>Organizations seeking eco-friendly technology solutions can use the WIPO GREEN database to publicize their needs and try to find a match. The database is also a useful tool for investors looking to make green tech deals as it provides access to technologies and entrepreneurs from around the world.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <h2 id="partners"><a href="/wipogreen/en/partners/">Partners</a></h2> <p>The WIPO GREEN network provides exciting opportunities for collaboration and partnership by bringing together a range of key stakeholders, such as multinational companies, academic and research institutions, intergovernmental organizations, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).</p> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--four line"> <h2 id="facts">Quick facts</h2> <h3>WIPO GREEN in 2024</h3> <div class="col"> <figure><img src="/export/sites/www3/shared/pics/wipogreen-tech-200.png" alt="" /></figure> <h2>130,000+</h2> <p>listed technologies, needs and experts</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><img src="/export/sites/www3/shared/pics/wipogreen-partners-200.png" alt="" /></figure> <h2>150+</h2> <p>partners, from SMEs to Fortune 500 companies</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><img src="/export/sites/www3/shared/pics/wipogreen-connections-200.png" alt="" /></figure> <h2>1000+</h2> <p>connections made via our databases, events and projects</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><img src="/export/sites/www3/shared/pics/wipogreen-users-200.png" alt="" /></figure> <h2>2500+</h2> <p>users from all over the world</p> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--two line"> <div class="main"> <h2>World Intellectual Property Day 2024</h2> <p>Explore how intellectual property can amplify the impact of innovative and creative solutions for building our common future and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).</p> <p><a class="btn call-to-action" href="https://www.wipo.int/en/web/ipday/2024-sdgs/index" title="">Find out more</a></p> </div> <div class="complementary"> <figure><a href="https://www.wipo.int/en/web/ipday/2024-sdgs/index" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="World IP Day 2024"><img 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