Climate Innovation [electronic resource] : Liberal Capitalism and Climate Change /
Harrison, N.editor.
Mikler, J.editor.
A comprehensive examination of the inability of liberal capitalism to generate the technological innovations necessary to prevent dangerous climate change. The case is made for the need for institutional evolution to drive the climate innovation, and the potential for climate innovation in an increasingly economically interconnected world.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 An Introduction to Climate Innovation; 2 Institutions that Influence Climate Innovation; Part I: The National Context of Climate Innovation; 3 Climate Policy, Energy Technologies, and the American Developmental State; 4 Colorado's New Energy Economy: Ecological Modernization, American-Style?; Part II: The Corporate Context of Climate Innovation
5 The Role of Corporate Scientists and Institutional Context: Corporate Responses to Climate Change in the Automobile Industry6 Corporate Investment in Climate Innovation; 7 US Labour Unions and Climate Change: Technological Innovations and Institutional Influences; Part III: Climate Innovation AcrossBorders; 8 The Influence of US Neoliberalism on International Climate Change Policy; 9 Varieties of Capitalism and US versus Chinese Corporations' Climate Change Strategies
10 Institutional Complexity in European Union Climate Innovation: European and National Experiences with Off-Shore Renewable Energy11 Conclusion: A Way Forward; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A comprehensive examination of the inability of liberal capitalism to generate the technological innovations necessary to prevent dangerous climate change. The case is made for the need for institutional evolution to drive the climate innovation, and the potential for climate innovation in an increasingly economically interconnected world.
Environmental policy.
Environmental geography.
Political science.
Political economy.
Globalization.
Environmental economics.
Environmental Politics.
Environmental Geography.
Political Science.
International Political Economy.
Globalization.
Environmental Economics.