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Literature Review of Recent Trends and Future Prospects for Innovation in Climate Change Mitigation
Newell, Richard G. - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2009
parts per million will require policy changes along with innovation and large-scale adoption of GHG-reducing technologies … innovation in climate change mitigation, to identify the most important international and domestic actions necessary to … that mitigate climate change. It examines the role of environment and innovation policy measures to encourage innovation …
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Fracking in Deutschland : eine Option für die Zukunft!
Konrad, Kai A.; Schöb, Ronnie - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 94 (2014) 9, pp. 645-650
Deutschland hat nicht unerhebliche Mengen an unkonventionellen Erdgasreserven, die in tiefen Lagen in Schiefergestein gebunden sind. Die Diskussion um die Frage, ob diese beachtlichen Reserven durch moderne Bohr- und Fördertechniken (sogenanntes Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)) gehoben werden...
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Die Energiewende : Aufbruch in die Zukunft
Schafhausen, Franzjosef - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 82 (2013) 3, pp. 11-28
Die Energiewende ist ein Paradigmenwandel, der Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft vor große Herausforderungen stellt, aber zugleich erhebliche Chancen offeriert. Kernenergie und fossile Energieträger sollen durch erneuerbare Energien ersetzt werden und die Energieeffizienz soll in einem bis...
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The Role of National Ecosystem Assessments in Influencing Policy Making
Wilson, Lucy; Secades, Cristina; Narloff, Ulf; … - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2014
An ecosystem assessment is a social process through which the findings of science concerning the causes of ecosystem change, their consequences for human well-bring, and the management and policy options are evaluated. Ecosystem assessments can play an important role in synthesising and...
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Making the Best of New Energy Resources in the United States
Sutherland, Douglas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
desirable to counter natural gas hindering renewables and low prices stymieing innovation. This Working Paper relates to the … éviter que le gaz naturel freine le développement des énergies renouvelables et que la faiblesse des prix paralyse l’innovation …
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Urban Green Growth in Dynamic Asia: A Conceptual Framework
Matsumoto, Tadashi; Daudey, Loïc - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2014
The development of Asian cities is characterised by rapid and continuous urbanisation on an unprecedented scale, with rapid economic growth led in most places by the manufacturing industry, and rapidly increasing motorisation. The result has been escalating greenhouse gas emissions, sprawling...
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Different approaches to technology transfer by government and academy
Porath, Amiram; Ramos, Isabel; Rahman, Hakikur - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 11 (2015) 2/3, pp. 296-307
The paper will present the conflict between the natural preference of technology transfer organisations (TTO) regarding commercialisation for the licensing option and the government preference for spin-offs. The difference in preferences is based on the impact both alternatives have on...
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The policy challenge of the global brain drain: addressing the dilemmas of contributing push-pull factors
Roudgar, Iraj; Richards, Cameron - In: International Journal of Public Policy 11 (2015) 1/2/3, pp. 73-85
Recently, there has been an acceleration of the global 'brain drain' from developing to developed countries. The emergence of the global economy has been a key cause of many societies losing overseas some of their most talented and educated (i.e., highly-qualified) people. Local social and...
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Interpreting the Evidence on Life Cycle Skill Formation
Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James J.; Lochner, Lance - In: Handbook of the Economics of Education
This paper presents economic models of child development that capture the essence of recent findings from the empirical literature on skill formation. The goal of this essay is to provide a theoretical framework for interpreting the evidence from a vast empirical literature, for guiding the next...
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Cities and Green Growth: Case Study of the Paris/Ile-de-France Region
Kamal-Chaoui, Lamia; Plouin, Marissa - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2012
This report, developed within the framework of the OECD Green Cities programme, is a pilot case study examining the green growth potential of the Paris-IDF region. In a context of stiff international competition and internal socio-economic and environmental pressures, green growth could be an...
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