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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 as well as green (sustainable)
chemistry.
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How can governments support eco-innovation when technological options proliferate? How and why policies to support Carbon Capture and Storage
(CCS) or Combined Heat and Power (CHP) in Canada, France and Germany
differ? The report discusses policies to support eco-innovation in the variety of
national contexts (OECD) and factors such as market structures.
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Between
1999 and 2009 on average only 2.7% of all applications for technology patents
under the Patent Cooperation Treaty were for environmental innovations (OECD Report 2011). Despite the
creation of patent commons such as the GreenXchange, there have been few
breakthrough changes in recent years.
Find more information at More with Less: Scaling Sustainable Consumption and Resource Efficiency
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