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The recent policy debates about orientating research, technology and innovation policy towards societal challenges … framework for dealing with long-term processes of transformative change, but the innovation systems approach is still the … dominant perspective for devising innovation policy. Innovation systems approaches stress the importance of improving …
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Drawing from a broad range of sources, we define and discuss the two primary ways of contemplating issues related to environmental economics, namely, interventionism and libertarianism. We then interpret a cellular automaton as a model that allows for either approach, as well as anarchy, and...
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This paper investigates the transition process from carbon to renewable energy. How a transition occurs, whose values … possible obstacle to the transition to renewable energy. Section 3 will discuss the current structure of the solar and wind … transition. And Section 5 will offer concluding comments. …
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"Writings on sustainability transitions generally do not say much about the particularities of the behavior of … individuals and organizations. This is somewhat surprising since an important problem which transition management needs to tackle … is inertia or resistance to change. Transition policy needs to account for the bounded rationality and social interaction …
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transition period of the emerging economies using the analytical framework of innovation system and product life cycle. Study … also argues that each route of innovation activities in the transition period of the emerging economies requires …The main aim of this study is to explore the diverse route of innovation activities and key characteristics during the …
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Developing countries are often most impacted by climate change. While the work of international environmental organizations has received considerable public and academic attention, local environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) also play a key role in assisting local populations...
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The cities of South Asia are growing at an unprecedented rate, and there is potential to steer this development onto a sustainable and green path. Carbon financing serves as a valuable revenue source to help cities earn additional income to support low-carbon development. With the end of the...
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. By adopting a comprehensive perspective, the paper emphasises simultaneously social sustainability-related considerations …
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A new research agenda and ground breaking approaches should be adopted in order to overcome energy system inertia and pass through the current carbon constrained economy to new prosperous and more sustainable energy development paths. The wide consensus of the energy sector community (business,...
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credible targets for carbon emission reductions and renewable shares would probably help the transition towards an alternative …
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