Publication Author:
PHILIPPE AGHION, CAMERON HEPBURN, ALEXANDER TEYTELBOYM
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2014
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Shifting our fossil-fuelled civilisation to clean modes of production and consumption requires deep transformations in our energy and economic systems. Innovation in physical technologies and social behaviours is key to this transformation. But innovation has not been at the heart of economic models of climate change. This paper reviews the state of the art on the economics of innovation, applies recent insights to climate change. The core insight is that technological innovation is a path-dependent process in which history and expectations matter greatly in determining eventual outcomes 

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Better Growth, Better Climate: Executive Summary

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Daha İyi Büyüme, Daha İyi İklim: Yönetici Özeti

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Une Meilleure Croissance, Un Meilleur Climate: Executive Summary

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Besseres Wachstum, Besseres Klima: Zusammenfassung

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Mejor Crecimiento, Mejor Clima: Resumen Ejecutivo

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Crescita Migliore, Clima Migliore: Executive Summary

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新しい気候経済 統合報告書

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应对气候变化, 孕育经济增长: 统整报告

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Better Growth, Better Climate: Synthesis Report

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국문번역본

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UNE MEILLEURE CROISSANCE, UN MEILLEUR CLIMAT

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Chapter 2 — Cities

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Chapter 3 — Land Use

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Chapter 4 — Energy

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Chapter 6 — Finance

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Chapter 7 — Innovation

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China and the New Climate Economy: Executive Summary

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中国与 新气候经济

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Unlocking the power of Ethiopia’s cities

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India: Pathways to sustaining rapid development in a new climate economy

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Path Dependence, Innovation and the Economics of Climate Change

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