Innovation and the Environment

Started

Not Energy Related
Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy)

Basic and strategic applied research

SOCIAL SCIENCES
AREA STUDIES (Asian Studies)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy

Professor RSL Burgess
London School of Economics & Pol Sci

Standard

EPSRC

01 September 2024

31 August 2029

60 months

£2,175,768

Unknown

London

Frontier Grants - Advanced

Professor RSL Burgess, London School of Economics & Pol Sci

It is becoming ever more apparent that the way out of the tension between growth and climate change is innovation. These innovations will not only have to slow the emissions that are driving climate change but also protect people from the unfolding damages. This project will shed light on three major questions via eight distinct projects: (1) How can we enhance resilience to climate change? (i) Transfer Programmes and Climate Resilience, (ii) Intergenerational Climate Resilience, (iii) Climate Migration and Market Linkages; (2) How can we design smart conservation policies? (i) Smart Conservation Zoning, (ii) Smart Conservation Payments; (3) (iii) How can we promote innovation and diffusion of clean energy? (i) China and the Rise of Clean Energy, (ii) Global Diffusion of Solar Energy, (iii) Financing Green Innovation. On climate resilience, I will collaborate with the world's largest NGO to evaluate whether their flagship asset transfer programme enhances climate resilience. On smart conservation, I will work with satellite data and governments in Indonesia and Brazil to research whether smart zoning and payment for ecosystem services can help reduce the tension between development and the conservation of tropical forests. On innovation and diffusion of clean energy, I will investigate whether Chinese city-level industrial policies promoted solar innovation, production and exports and model and analyse what factors affect how solar and other clean energy innovations diffuse globally. This project is distinctive for four reasons. First, it will study innovations that span the space from micro adaptation to macro mitigation. Second, it will place adaptation and mitigation in developing countries at the core of the climate change problem. Third, it will build on longstanding collaborations with governments and NGOs to conduct research at a large scale and high level of influence. Fourth, it will mainstream environmental issues into economics and economic polic

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