The role of technological change for a sustainable development

Herman R.J. Vollebergh; Claudia Kemfert

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.025

The role of technological change for a sustainable development

Herman R.J. Vollebergh^*
, Claudia Kemfert

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

79 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Technological change has become a major focus in environmental policy as well as in energy and climate policy. Indeed, there is a growing body of knowledge about how and in which direction technological change might have an impact on environmental resource constraints and how environmental policy might have an impact on this direction. In this article we introduce the contributions to this special issue showing how they add to recent developments in the field of economics of technological change and sustainability. We also discuss potential avenues for future research.

Original language	English
Journal	Ecological Economics
Volume	54
Issue number	2-3
Pages (from-to)	133-147
Number of pages	15
ISSN	0921-8009
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.025
Publication status	Published - 01.08.2005
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

We would like to thank Reyer Gerlach, David Popp and Sjak Smulders for their valuable comments on an earlier version of the paper. Also several authors have been helpful in checking our representation of their work. Vollebergh acknowledges financial support from the research programme “Environmental Policy, Economic Reform and Endogenous Technology”, funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). The usual disclaimers apply.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 13 Climate Action

Research areas and keywords

Economics
Energy
Government policy
Sustainable development
Technological change

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Economics and Econometrics
Environmental Science(all)

Access to Document

10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.025

Cite this

@article{aff579e2bd91447c9e316055ecf548fe,

title = "The role of technological change for a sustainable development",

abstract = "Technological change has become a major focus in environmental policy as well as in energy and climate policy. Indeed, there is a growing body of knowledge about how and in which direction technological change might have an impact on environmental resource constraints and how environmental policy might have an impact on this direction. In this article we introduce the contributions to this special issue showing how they add to recent developments in the field of economics of technological change and sustainability. We also discuss potential avenues for future research.",

keywords = "Economics, Energy, Government policy, Sustainable development, Technological change",

author = "Vollebergh, \{Herman R.J.\} and Claudia Kemfert",

note = "We would like to thank Reyer Gerlach, David Popp and Sjak Smulders for their valuable comments on an earlier version of the paper. Also several authors have been helpful in checking our representation of their work. Vollebergh acknowledges financial support from the research programme “Environmental Policy, Economic Reform and Endogenous Technology”, funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). The usual disclaimers apply. ",

year = "2005",

month = aug,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.025",

language = "English",

volume = "54",

pages = "133--147",

journal = "Ecological Economics",

issn = "0921-8009",

publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",

number = "2-3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The role of technological change for a sustainable development

AU - Vollebergh, Herman R.J.

AU - Kemfert, Claudia

N1 - We would like to thank Reyer Gerlach, David Popp and Sjak Smulders for their valuable comments on an earlier version of the paper. Also several authors have been helpful in checking our representation of their work. Vollebergh acknowledges financial support from the research programme “Environmental Policy, Economic Reform and Endogenous Technology”, funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). The usual disclaimers apply.

PY - 2005/8/1

Y1 - 2005/8/1

N2 - Technological change has become a major focus in environmental policy as well as in energy and climate policy. Indeed, there is a growing body of knowledge about how and in which direction technological change might have an impact on environmental resource constraints and how environmental policy might have an impact on this direction. In this article we introduce the contributions to this special issue showing how they add to recent developments in the field of economics of technological change and sustainability. We also discuss potential avenues for future research.

AB - Technological change has become a major focus in environmental policy as well as in energy and climate policy. Indeed, there is a growing body of knowledge about how and in which direction technological change might have an impact on environmental resource constraints and how environmental policy might have an impact on this direction. In this article we introduce the contributions to this special issue showing how they add to recent developments in the field of economics of technological change and sustainability. We also discuss potential avenues for future research.

KW - Economics

KW - Energy

KW - Government policy

KW - Sustainable development

KW - Technological change

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/22444443841

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/6221d41d-8ade-3eb1-afc3-0fda2c63d169/

U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.025

DO - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.025

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:22444443841

SN - 0921-8009

VL - 54

SP - 133

EP - 147

JO - Ecological Economics

JF - Ecological Economics

IS - 2-3

ER -

The role of technological change for a sustainable development

Abstract

Bibliographical note

UN SDGs

Research areas and keywords

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this