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Innovation in Responding to Climate Change: Nanotechnology, Ocean Energy and Forestry
Source: United Nations University - Institute of Advanced Studies – Publication date: November 2008
	This report offers three innovative solutions in responding to climate change, namely nanotechnology, ocean energy and forestry. It goes beyond the technological, biological and procedural aspects of these solutions by critically assessing the opportunities and challenges that each type of innovation presents. This report addresses the question why these innovations - despite their large potential to reduce emissions, ocean energy alone could cover the world's electricity needs - have not yet reached the stage of mass commercialization.

International Approaches to the Regulatory Governance of Nanotechnology
Source: Regulatory Governance Institute, Carleton University – Publication date: April 2009
	This report is an initial exploration into the question: "How have Canada and other jurisdictions reacted to the recent emergence of nanotechnology-based products in the marketplace (and what is the current state of affairs)?" undertaken from the perspective of regulatory governance.

Introductory Guide to Nanometrology
Source: Co-Nanomet – Publication date: April 2011
	This Guide introduces the reader to the science of measurements at the nanoscale, that is nanometrology. It is aimed at researchers in the nanotechnology area, for whom the metrology aspect is new, and at metrologists, interested in knowing about the specifics of metrology at the nanoscale. The Guide does not give an exhaustive review of the field. Rather it is intended to increase the general awareness of nanometrology, and its basic challenges.

IPR in Nanotechnology - lessons from experiences worldwide
Source: European Commission – Publication date: May 2007
	The aim of the nanotechnology IPR workshop was to identify specific IPR issues for nanotechnology and to discuss possible consequences for patent offices, policy makers, patent consultants and the research community. Many aspects have been identified in ongoing academic and political discussions, such as the costs of patenting and the accessibility of patents for SMEs or Developing Countries, the need of a transparent and clearly defined scope of patent protection, the implications of "nanopatent land grab" and "patent thickets", "nanotechnology patent battles", and "monopoly patent" etc.

IRGC White Paper on Nanotechnology Risk Governance
Source: International Risk Governance Council – Publication date: June 2006
	This White Paper is the first in which the IRGC publish recommendations for the risk governance of a particular problem field. The document begins with a brief description of nanotechnology and its likely future development both in terms of research and the types of product that it does and could support. The report categorized nanotechnology in two distinct but overlapping frames, one being for technologies and applications that are already on, or will shortly be available on, the market and the other being for the longer-term. Each of these frames poses a different set of risk governance concerns, although some concerns are common to both frames.

Know your nano!
Source: TA Swiss – Publication date: August 2006
	An information brochure from TA Swiss, Switzerland's Center for Technology Assessment as part of the Center's project on recording public opinion towards nanotechnologies.

Managing Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno Innovations: Converging Technologies In Society
Source: World Technology Evaluation Center – Publication date: May 2006
	This report describes the "NBIC" unification that is rapidly taking place today among Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information technology, and Cognitive science. It addresses the potential impacts of converging technologies, considers how innovation can be stimulated and steered, and provides a basis for an understanding of the societal implications of NBIC.

Mapping Study on Regulation and Governance of Nanotechnologies
Source: FramingNano Project – Publication date: January 2009
	A detailed study providing a picture of the recent development regarding regulation and governance of Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies in Europe and worldwide, identifying relevant stakeholders organisations and making an assessment of these information.

Methodologies to assess the potential risks associated with engineered nanomaterials
Source: European Commission Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks – Publication date: March 2007
	The European Commission asked the independent experts of the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) for a scientific opinion on the appropriateness of existing methodologies to assess the potential risks of nanotechnologies. This report provides this Opinion and the relevant scientific background.

Mind the Gap: science and ethics in nanotechnology
Source: UNESCO – Publication date: February 2003
	A paper drawing attention to the need for an ethical approach to nanotechnology.