Michael Lester is an independent economist, writer and radio presenter. A former public-sector executive in Australia, he has worked and lived internationally. His experience spans science, technology, innovation, environment, resources, industry, trade and investment domains. He has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in engineering, public administration and economics.Marie dela Rama, PhD (UTS), is an independent researcher. She participated as an accredited civil society observer in these multilateral meetings: G20 ACWG, OECD GACIF, UNCAC IRG, UN COSP9, UNGASS, UNODC ISM COSP UNGASS and UN SPT OPCAT. Her publications include The Changing Face of Corruption in the Asia Pacific (Elsevier) and Corporate Governance and Corruption (Journal of Business Ethics).

• TABLE OF CONTENTS List of AcronymsThe IntervieweesChapter 1: Introduction - Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges Of Innovation, Technology, Climate Change and SustainabilitySection I Understanding Innovation and SustainabilityChapter 2: Mark Dodgson – The things that matter: understanding and communicating the process and impact of innovation Chapter 3: Kevin Fox - The delayed growth impact of disruptive digital technologies: measuring and accounting for the ‘productivity paradox’ Chapter 4: Nicholas Gruen - Entrepreneurs and start-ups in the digital age: profiles, values and paradigmsChapter 5: Robert Atkinson- National innovation and competitiveness in the United States: at a strategic ‘tipping point’ -Chapter 6: Roy Green - Innovation policies in Australia: the divisive politics and administration of systemic transformationChapter 7: Ross Garnaut - Efficient, effective and integrated economy-wide climate change policy: economics and politicisation Chapter 8: Warwick McKibbin - Climate change energy transition: modelling, scenarios and the political economy of ‘the tragedy of the commons’Chapter 9: Sami Kara - The innovative ‘circular economy’ as a sustainable business model: design and transformation challengesSection II Climate Change and Energy ResourcesChapter 10: Giles Parkinson - Renewable energy development : the costs of policy uncertainty and lack of political stabilityChapter 11: Chris Dunstan - The National Energy Guarantee (NEG): frustrated reductions in electricity emissions and dirty party politicsChapter 12: Peter Khoury - Electric Vehicles (EV): Infrastructure and policy barriers lead to laggardly diffusion and adoption Chapter 13: Sean Foley - Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and global finance industry disruption: dirty little energy secretChapter 14: Jim Green - Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) untried and untested: why all the political interest now?Chapter 15: Tony Wood - Hydrogen-Based Economy: shipping sunshine energy to the worldSection III Agriculture, Land and Water ResourcesChapter 16: Richard Heath - Agricultural productivity improvement: the role of digital technologies Chapter 17: Lesley Hughes - The second domestication of dairy and beef: Food 2.0 proteins without the animalsChapter 18: Richard Beasley - Murray Darling Basin (MDB) environmental catastrophe: federalism politics and best available scienceChapter 19: Bruce Pascoe - Indigenous agriculture and sustainability knowledge: the great Australian silenceChapter 20: Charles Massy - Regenerative agriculture: confronting industrial agriculture with farmer-led sustainability innovationSection IV Governance Roles and Responsibilities Chapter 21: Michael Piore - ‘Silicon Valley Consensus’: self-fulfilling technological determinismChapter 22: Bob Carr - The business of climate change: reimagining ‘material interests’ and the corporationChapter 23: Pru Bennett - Environment, Social and Governance (ESG): harnessing capital to sustainability or just ‘woke’ and ‘greenwashing’?Chapter 24: Ross Garnaut - Decarbonising & transforming the Australian economy: a game changing renewable energy opportunityChapter 25: Allan Fels - Public interest journalism: vanishing pillar for a sustainable democracy?Chapter 26: Aaron Mertz and Abhilash Mishra - Public confidence in science: building trust on understanding scientific method and uncertaintiesChapter 27: Ray Ison – Systems-based governance: for a complex sustainable futureChapter 28: Barry Jones - Political reform and public engagement: necessary sustainable path for confronting climate changeChapter 29: Conclusion - Towards Complex Systems of GovernanceSelected Readings (Available at www.routledge/9781032248295)Index