Toward an Effective Eco-Innovation Policy in a Globalised Setting

Technological innovations can contribute to more environment-friendly production and consumption practices. In order to realize such eco-innovations, national governments should tailor their policy instruments to the prevailing circumstances. This chapter discusses the technology impacts of national environmental policies in developed countries. Next, the tenets, purposes, and context-specificity of different environmental policy instruments (standards, taxes, tradable permits, subsidies, communication, and covenants) are analyzed. While national policies may be suitable to address local environmental problems, they are insufficient to cope with global, especially common-resource, issues. In order to fill this gap, the chapter proposes a more prominent role for international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), using the analytical framework of exit, voice, and loyalty. The chapter concludes that since markets and governments are not capable of bringing about environmental sustainability at the global level, international NGOs can and should fulfill an important role in raising the intrinsic motivation of producers and consumers.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Edward Elgar Publishers

  William Pratt House, 9 Dewey Court
  Northampton, MA  United States  01060-3815
• Authors:
  • Kemp, Rene
  • Soete, Luc
  • Weehuizen, Rifka
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 155-178
• Monograph Title: A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy. National Government Interventions in a Global Area

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Consumers; Environmental impacts; Environmental policy; Globalization; Innovation; International trade; Policy making; Sustainable development; Technological innovations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Nongovernment organizations
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01031944
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1884376 913 1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 2006 7:49AM