Climate Innovation

1. An Introduction to Climate Innovation

1. An Introduction to Climate Innovation
Neil E. Harrison, John Mikler

2. Institutions that Influence Climate Innovation

2. Institutions that Influence Climate Innovation
Neil E. Harrison, John Mikler

Part I. The National Context of Climate Innovation

3. Climate Policy, Energy Technologies, and the American Developmental State
Robert MacNeil

4. Colorado’s New Energy Economy: Ecological Modernization, American-Style?
Stratis Giannakouros, Dimitris Stevis

Part II. The Corporate Context of Climate Innovation

5. The Role of Corporate Scientists and Institutional Context: Corporate Responses to Climate Change in the Automobile Industry
David Levy, Sandra Rothenberg

6. Corporate Investment in Climate Innovation
Neil E. Harrison, John Mikler

7. US Labour Unions and Climate Change: Technological Innovations and Institutional Influences
Dimitris Stevis

Part III. Climate Innovation Across Borders

8. The Influence of US Neoliberalism on International Climate Change Policy
Jeffrey McGee

9. Varieties of Capitalism and US versus Chinese Corporations’ Climate Change Strategies
John Mikler, Hinrich Voss

10. Institutional Complexity in European Union Climate Innovation: European and National Experiences with Off-Shore Renewable Energy
Ian Bailey

11. Conclusion: A Way Forward
Neil E. Harrison, John Mikler

Keywords: Environment, Environmental Politics, Environmental Geography, Political Science, Political Economy, Globalization, Environmental Economics