Innovation and the Environment [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,publisher.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2000.
How can innovation and technology better contribute to environmental sustainability? What factors drive firms to innovate for the environment? How can environmental and innovation policies be better designed to stimulate innovation for the environment? How can better policy coherence be achieved? A recent OECD workshop addressed these crucial questions that lead to a better understanding of the interaction between innovation and the environment and explored elements of "best practice" policies that can stimulate innovation for the environment and shift our development path towards sustainability.
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""CONTENTS""; ""Chapter 1. Workshop on Innovation and the Environment: Rapporteur's Report ""; ""Chapter 2. INNOVATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: A BACKGROUND ""; ""PART I: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES TO STIMULATE INNOVATION""; ""Chapter 3. Technology and Environmental Policy: Innovation Effects of Past Policies and Suggestions for Improvement""; ""Chapter 4. Innovation Under the Tradeable Sulphur Dioxide Emission Permits Programme in the US Electricity Sector""; ""Chapter 5. The Carbon Tax in Sweden""
""Chapter 6. Effectiveness of Voluntary Agreements: Results of the Second Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment """"PART II: DRIVERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND INNOVATION POLICIES FOR ENHANCING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ""; ""Chapter 7. Sustainable Innovation: Drivers and Barriers ""; ""Chapter 8. Beyond the Double Dividend: Public and Private Roles in the Supply of and Demand for Environmentally Enhancing Technologies ""; ""Chapter 9. Eco-Efficiency, Entrepreneurship and Co-Operation: The Finnish Environmental Cluster Research Programme ""
""Chapter 10. Linking the Research Base and the Market Through Technology Foresight""
How can innovation and technology better contribute to environmental sustainability? What factors drive firms to innovate for the environment? How can environmental and innovation policies be better designed to stimulate innovation for the environment? How can better policy coherence be achieved? A recent OECD workshop addressed these crucial questions that lead to a better understanding of the interaction between innovation and the environment and explored elements of "best practice" policies that can stimulate innovation for the environment and shift our development path towards sustainability.
Environmental policy
Environmental protection
Technological innovations