Toward Sustainable Technology

ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, David Driesen, ed., MIT Press, 2009

41 Pages Posted: 10 Sep 2008

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David M. Driesen

Syracuse University College of Law

Abstract

This paper offers suggestions for climate change policies advancing technological changes necessary for sustainable development. It first explains why relentless pursuit of cost effectiveness through broad environmental benefit trading does not maximize long term technological advancement and explores options for narrowing trading's design. It then explores two alternatives to Kyoto style trading to show how a goal of creating a positive long term economic dynamic

Keywords: emissions trading, economic incentives, kyoto protocol, climate change, market mechanisms

JEL Classification: K32

Suggested Citation

Driesen, David M., Toward Sustainable Technology. ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, David Driesen, ed., MIT Press, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1259362

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