Smart electric car charging in the London Street st night.

Commentaries and publications

Alex Bowen contends that policymakers should react to the climate emergency by adopting the new 'green growth' paradigm, changing the nature of economic growth by moving the emphasis away from resource exploitation and towards the generation and use of ideas. Read more

Government policy in support of innovation often varies across technology areas. An important example are climate change policies that typically try to support so-called clean technologies that avoid greenhouse gas pollution and hamper dirty technologies that are associated with polluting emissions. This paper explores the economic consequences of such policy moves in the short run. Read more

Technology transfer plays a key role in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this paper, we characterize the factors that promote or hinder the international diffusion of climate-friendly technologies using detailed patent data from 96 countries for the period 1995–2007. Read more

Keep in touch with the Grantham Research Institute at LSE
Sign up to our newsletters and get the latest analysis, research, commentary and details of upcoming events.