Industrial Innovation and Environmental Regulation: Developing Workable SolutionsIDRC, 2007 - 305 pages What role should governments play in protecting the environment and controlling the environmental impacts of industry? Do regulations benefit the environment? And how do they affect industrial innovation? Since the early 1970s, regulations have been used to coerce producers of goods and services into internalizing the environmental costs of production. These efforts have often faced opposition on practical and ideological grounds. Beginning in the 1980s, there has been a movement toward liberalization, coupled with the continued failure of the market to protect the environment as a public good. As a result, private and public sector interests have been debating the appropriate role of governments in protecting and improving the environment and controlling the environmental impact of industry. Using case studies from numerous countries, this book examines political and industrial trends and the responses to these challenges. The authors conclude that the complexities of environmental and economic relationships disallow universal solutions, and they stress the need for context-specific perspectives on the role of regulatory measures in environmental innovation. |
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... mental policies and issued comprehensive formal statements on their commitment to environmental protection and sustainable development . The complexities of the environment - economy relationships disallow " one - size - fits - all ...
... mental and non - governmental organizations including industrial associa- tions , in influencing the perception of key actors such as consumers and government policymakers about the desirability of certain technologies . In Europe ...
... mental models about how things " ought to " be done ( cog- nitive institutions ) , legislation on how to deal with an environmental problem ( regulative institutions ) , changes in the behaviour of individuals , organizations , and the ...
... mental technology suppliers . A key insight in Adeoti's analysis is that to have maximum effect , environmental regulations have to be designed in recognition of the capacity of affected firms to adapt , economically and technologically ...
... mental innovation through " second - generation " regulations , which still require a central but selective role for government but also draw on a range of market and non - market solutions . Gunningham then proceeds to evaluate the ...