The Report on Climate Change Mitigation Technologies from the OEPM is out

Climate change is defined as a stable and lasting change in the distribution of weather patterns over periods of time ranging from decades to millions of years, due to natural variability or as a result of anthropogenic activities.

This climate change is already a reality that has obvious consequences in people's lives and creates disruptions in national economies. The scientific community, aware of the problem, recognizes the need to make a qualitative leap towards cleaner and more resilient economies.

The main ways to reduce the devastating effects of climate change result from the combination or synergy of two measures: mitigation or energy savings that is carried out by reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and adaptation that involves implementation of systems that increase our resilience.

The criteria for addressing climate change are fundamentally to reduce emissions of the gases that are causing the problem and adopt measures that allow society to face the effects of climate change.

The measures to mitigate climate change should include reducing the demand for goods and services that cause large emissions, boosting savings and efficiency, greater investment in clean energy such as renewable energies, and promoting technologies with low carbon emissions.

Taking all of this into account, the OEPM has recently produced the "Report on Climate Change Mitigation Technologies 2006-2020" which reveals the evolution of these technologies through the publication of patent applications as indicators of investment in I+D+i in related technical fields.

The study, a continuation of a series of reports that the OEPM has been carrying out annually since 2014, covers the evolution of Climate Change Mitigation Technologies (CCMT) since 2006, including results obtained with data produced at the OEPM and complemented with the database Statistics data from the European Patent Office (EPO), PATSTAT.

In addition, the study includes a global vision of Spain's position in CCMT, with data obtained from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Within the CCMT, it should be noted that the predominant national technologies are solar thermal energy, with 30.2% of the total number of requests, followed by wind energy and photovoltaic energy, with 23.2% and 13% of the total, respectively.

Through this study, it is also confirmed that Spain plays a relevant role, mainly in wind energy, solar thermal energy and marine energy in the global and European environment.

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