SciDev.Net: South Africa must get better at acquiring green knowledge and technology transfer — or be left out of global markets, says Radhika Perrot. Technology transfer has a fair mention in the Kyoto Protocol, with the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) the main market instrument designed to transfer technology from Northern to Southern countries. CDM is intended to help developing countries, like South Africa, leapfrog to low-carbon technologies and build their industrial capacities for green energy….