This paper addresses two basic issues related to technological innovation and climate stabilisation objectives: i) Can … innovation policies be effective in stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations? ii) To what extent can innovation policies … technical progress in the energy sector. We evaluate a range of innovation policies, both as a stand-alone instrument and in …

available low carbon mitigation options, can promote innovation in new technologies and eventually generate welfare gains. We … due to both climate and innovation market failures. Our results show that phasing out nuclear power stimulates additional … R&D investments and deployment of infant technologies with large learning potential. The innovation benefits which this …

This paper looks at the interplay between human capital and innovation in the presence of climate and educational … moderate, short-term consumption loss. Human capital is complement to all forms of innovation and an educational policy … stimulates both energy and general purpose innovation. This result has important policy implications considering the growing …

investment behaviour is to anticipate the implementation of a climate policy by roughly 10 years. Investing in innovation ahead …. This is especially relevant for China, whose recent and foreseeable trends of investments in innovation are consistent with …