Existing technologies, institutions, and behavioral norms together act to constrain the rate
and magnitude of carbon emissions reductions in the coming decades. The inertia of carbon …

Firms are influenced by internal factors (resources and capabilities) and external factors (eg,
regulation) when taking the decision to eco‐innovate. However, the analysis of the internal …

As academic and policy interest in climate geoengineering grows, the potential irreversibility
of technological developments in this domain has been raised as a pressing concern. The …

There is wide-ranging recognition of the need for “new accountings” that foster democracy
and facilitate more participatory forms of social organization. This is particularly evident in …

Fostering technological innovation is considered as an important element of policies
towards sustainable development. In the past 10 years, evolutionary policy approaches …

This article seeks to show how a sectoral system approach may contribute to the analysis of
the determinants of environmental innovations. By using Malerba's [F. Malerba: Sectoral …

A comprehensive political analysis of the rapid growth in renewable wind and solar power,
mapping an energy transition through theory, case studies, and policy. Wind and solar are …

The energy poverty (EP) trap empowers policymakers to confront urgent issues related to
energy, which also gives them the opportunity to deal with the dilemma of carbon lock-in …

This article explains how infrastructures with a sustainability record may evolve over time
into a lock-in that slows the emergence of more sustainable urban infrastructures. A study of …

Despite a high academic interest in eco-innovation, a clearly defined common
understanding of the characteristics of eco-innovations is largely missing. Existing research …