Invention and Transfer of Environmental Technologies [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.Secretary-General.
OECD iLibrary.
Johnstone, Nick,1965-
Hascic, Ivan.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2011.
Inducing environmental innovation is a significant challenge to policy-makers. Efforts to design public policies that address these issues are motivated by the fact that innovations can allow for improved environmental quality at lower cost. However, the relationship between environmental policy and technological innovation remains an area in which empirical evidence is scant.  Increased attention should be paid to the design characteristics of public policies that are likely to affect the ‘type’ of innovation induced.  The work presented in this book is brought together in five substantive chapters: environmental policy design characteristics and their role in inducing innovation, the role of public policies (including multilateral agreements) in encouraging transfer of environmental technologies, followed by three ‘sectoral’ studies of innovation in alternative fuel vehicles, solid waste management and recycling, and green (sustainable) chemistry. While particular focus has been placed on the role of environmental policy in bringing about the innovation documented, it is recognised that other factors play a key role in inducing innovation which has positive environmental implications.     
"This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD"--T.p. verso.
"Corrigenda to OECD publications may be found online at: www.oecd.org/publishing/corrigenda"--T.p. verso.
"The book has been prepared by Nick Johnstone and Ivan Hascic"--Foreword.
OECD code: 97 2011 09 1 P.
ISSN for online series: 2074-3483.
Includes bibliographical references.
Annex D: Patent Data at OECD.Stat -- Annex B: Patent Search Strategies -- Annex C: Glossary of Relevant Patent and Related Terms -- Annex A: Methodological Issues in the Development of Indicators of Innovation and Transfer in Environmental Technologies -- Policy Conclusions -- Innovation in Selected Areas of Green Chemistry -- Foreword -- Diverting Waste -- Innovation in Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies -- Environmental Policy, Multilateral Environmental Agreements and International Markets for Innovation -- Environmental Policy Design Characteristics and Innovation -- Executive Summary.
Inducing environmental innovation is a significant challenge to policy-makers. Efforts to design public policies that address these issues are motivated by the fact that innovations can allow for improved environmental quality at lower cost. However, the relationship between environmental policy and technological innovation remains an area in which empirical evidence is scant.  Increased attention should be paid to the design characteristics of public policies that are likely to affect the ‘type’ of innovation induced.  The work presented in this book is brought together in five substantive chapters: environmental policy design characteristics and their role in inducing innovation, the role of public policies (including multilateral agreements) in encouraging transfer of environmental technologies, followed by three ‘sectoral’ studies of innovation in alternative fuel vehicles, solid waste management and recycling, and green (sustainable) chemistry. While particular focus has been placed on the role of environmental policy in bringing about the innovation documented, it is recognised that other factors play a key role in inducing innovation which has positive environmental implications.     
Green technology
Green technology
Technological innovations
Environmental policy.
OECD Studies on Environmental Innovation