Technology And Innovation For Sustainable Development

Rob Vos is the Director of Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. From 2005 to December 2012 he was the Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations. During that time, he was the lead author and coordinator of the flagship publications, World Economic and Social Survey and the World Economic Situation and Prospects. Diana Alarcón is Senior Economic Affairs Officer in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations. She was part of the team that produced the World Economic and Social Survey from 2007–2012 and was Senior Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank from 1997–2007. In the past she has worked as Director of Economics at Colegio de la Frontera Norte, and has been affiliated with the International Labour Organization and several universities in Mexico and the United States.

• PrefaceAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors1.Introduction: the imperative of sustainable developmentDiana Alarcón and Rob Vos 2.A new philosophical approach to social transformation for a “Green Economy” Tim Jackson3.Historical characteristics and scenario analysis of technological change in the energy system Charles Wilson and Arnulf Grubler4.Clean energy for sustainable developmentRichard Alexander Roehl5.Investment and macroeconomic challenges of sustainable developmentMarco Sánchez-Cantillo and Eduardo Zepeda6.Key determinants of technological capabilities for a “Green Economy” in emerging economiesXiaolan Fu and Jun Hou7.How to feed the world and save the planetDiana Alarcón and Christina BodouroglouIndex