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Libro 23 de 49: Energy, Climate and the Environment
 
9781137319876: Climate Innovation: Liberal Capitalism and Climate Change (Energy, Climate and the Environment)

Sinopsis

Capitalism is criticized as both the cause of, and the main barrier to, effective mitigation of climate change. Yet, from the earliest days of the international negotiations, states have agreed that technological innovation, believed to be a primary strength of capitalism, is crucial to prevention of a dangerous accumulation of atmospheric greenhouse gases. Nations prefer to rely on innovative technologies to reduce emissions than to use regulations to constrain markets and limit social choice. The contributors to this volume show that the strengths of the system that creates ever new consumer products and industrial processes actually prevent the generation of technological innovations that would most effectively mitigate climate change. Through comprehensive research of the US innovation system and how companies respond to its supporting institutions, they demonstrate that liberal capitalism’s perceived strengths are also its weaknesses. They also show that current theories of technological innovation are incomplete and suggest the institutional changes needed to generate climate innovations.

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Ian Bailey, Plymouth University, UK Stratis Giannakouros, Colorado State University, US Neil Harrison, The Sustainable Development Institute, USA David Levy, University of Massachusetts, USA Robert MacNeil, University of Sydney, Australia Jeffrey McGee, Newcastle Law School, Australia John Mikler, University of Sydney, Australia Sandra Rothenberg, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA Dimitris Stevis, Colorado State University, USA Hinrich Voss, University of Leeds, UK

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