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Technology and innovation for sustainable development /

"Continuation along current development pathways is not sustainable. Available technology and production practices and the consumption patterns of modern societies are leading to global warming and ecological destruction. Business as usual is not an option. There is an urgent need to find a new...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: United Nations
Otros Autores: Vos, Rob, 1955- (Editor ), Alarcón González, Diana (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
Colección:United Nations series on development.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Continuation along current development pathways is not sustainable. Available technology and production practices and the consumption patterns of modern societies are leading to global warming and ecological destruction. Business as usual is not an option. There is an urgent need to find a new development paradigm that ensures environmental sustainability while managing to provide, now and in the future, a decent livelihood for all of humankind. In Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development, experts in the area provide a variety of insights about the technical transformation needed for sustainable development. It spells out the behavioural and policy changes that would need to accompany the next technological transformation, taking into account the complexity of inducing technological change in the energy and agricultural sectors. The assessment suggests that this will require major, but doable improvements in national innovation systems and major, but affordable shifts in investment patterns and related macroeconomic adjustments."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781472580788
1472580788
9781472580771
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9781472580795
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