This article examines how individual pioneer countries contribute to the development and
global diffusion of technological environmental innovations. Key components to this end are …

There is reason to believe that environmental policy convergence resulting from policy
diffusion is influenced not only by functional imperatives of the world market, but also by a …

By reducing the costs of environmental protection, technological change is important for
promoting green growth. This entails both the creation of new technologies and more …

Environmental innovation is regarded as an essential tool to achieve the Paris Climate
Conference agreement and Net Zero by 2050. Despite the extensive studies on the …

This book, originally published in 1995, examines the evolution of environmental policy in 6
OECD countries. Through numerous examples, it contrasts the widely-varying political and …

The article gives an analysis of the possibilities and limits of the concept of ecological
modernization. The concept was used already in the early 1980s to describe the common …

The paper discusses the potential role of lead markets in the global process of ecological
modernisation, here conceived as innovation and diffusion of environmental friendly …

The article discusses the role of the nation state in stimulating lead markets for green
innovations. It is often feared that the nation state loses its capacity for action because of …

As Ecological Modernisation Theory has been developed against the background of
European industrialised societies, the value and applicability of Ecological Modernisation …

The subject of this paper is the importance of the diffusion of environmental innovations
between countries for the global development of environmental policy. Empirical …