The recent UNFCCC conferences starting with Bali in 2007 until Lima in 2014 have paved the way for the integration of nationally determined initiatives into the global climate governance architecture. National ‘green growth’ strategies have become a new paradigm for policymakers and...

Understanding the long-term patterns of innovation in energy technologies is crucial to informing public policy planning in the context of climate change. This paper analyzes which of two common models of innovation over the technology life-cycle – the product-process innovation shift observed...

We analyze how a product's design hierarchy shapes the evolution of the underlying body of technological knowledge, building on the literature on technological evolution in complex products. This literature suggests that the design hierarchy of a product can have an ordering effect on the...

High upfront costs are a critical barrier for investments in clean infrastructure technologies in developing countries. This paper uses a case study of Thailand’s electricity sector to create realistic estimates for the relative contributions of local and global technological learning to...