While the evidence accumulates that many countries are fashioning aspects of green development to complement their black, fossil-fueled industries, the case for a wholesale adoption of green development strategies is seldom made. Instead, it is frequently assumed that green development can only...

The task of substituting the entire global fossil-fueled energy system by renewables is increasingly discussed in the energy literature, but in the social sciences academy it is widely viewed as impossibly large within any meaningful timeframe. In this article we argue that such pessimism is...

The shift to renewable energy options and low-carbon technologies, in response to the concerns over energy security and climate change, is proceeding more slowly than many would like. The usual argument against rapid deployment of new technologies is the costs imposed on the economy, commonly...