According to the reports of the "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" (IPCC) 2021, it also is absolutely important to limit global temperature rise to - by 2050, and this is only possible by the involvement of green or clean technologies, negative carbon emissions technologies, change in...

Theoretical analysis and empirical evidence show that leadership behavior in climate policy through increased abatement efforts or international transfers cannot be expected to be very successful. In this paper we instead show that pioneering activities, which are based on green technological...