Given the challenges facing the world in the field of environmental policy, research on complex interdependencies in world politics and transnational policy-making has intensified. Several institutions have came into existence in response to the increasing concerns about global climate change....

This paper takes a fresh and comprehensive look at how intellectual property rights (IPR) interact with formal standardisation activities. The interaction of these two institutions is integral to the working of the innovation infrastructure. Since the 1980s, this has especially been true for...