Measuring and evaluating low-carbon innovation

Researchers have come up with several metrics, such as patent counts, to measure low-carbon innovation activity and evaluate the impact of climate change policies on the development of new technology, but each of them has its limitations. In this project we explore new ways of measuring low-carbon innovation, by exploiting new datasets emerging from Internet activity, such as Google search data.

Key publications

Dechezleprêtre, A., Glachant, M., Haščič, I., Johnstone, N., and Ménière, Y. June 2011. Invention and transfer of climate change–mitigation technologies: a global analysis. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, v.5, pp.109-30
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Dechezleprêtre, A., Glachant, M., Haščič, I., Johnstone, N., and Ménière, Y. 2010. Invention and transfer of climate change mitigation technologies on a global scale: a study drawing on patent data.
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Dechezleprêtre, A., Glachant, M., Haščič, I., Johnstone, N., and Ménière, Y. June 2011. Invention and transfer of climate change–mitigation technologies: a global analysis. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, v.5, pp.109-30.
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