Addressing Barriers to Low-Carbon Innovation: Essays on Structures and Policies to Mobilise Private Finance

by Friedemann Polzin

Overview

Private investments into companies, projects and infrastructure based on low-carbon innovations are required to mitigate climate change. This book analyses (financial) barriers to low-carbon innovation. Examples of structures and policy mechanisms that address these barriers and consequently mobilise private finance are being highlighted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631669815
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	11/02/2015
Series:	Finanzmaerkte und Klimawandel , #7
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Friedemann Polzin researches the financing of eco-innovation and entrepreneurship for a transition towards a green economy to derive policy and managerial implications. He gained broad experience in research, implementation and consulting. His work has been awarded with multiple awards.

Table of Contents

Contents: Analysis of barriers to low-carbon innovation – Policy mix to overcome consequences for finance – Structures for mobilizing private investments – Case studies on innovation intermediaries, LED lighting and energy service contracting, renewable energy technologies – Public-private cooperation.

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