ABSTRACT

The book offers insights into reconciling innovation with sustainability and identifying key stakeholders responsible for the reconciliation. Through conversations with experts in various fields, the intersection of innovation, sustainability, governance and complex systems in a rapidly changing climate-driven world is discussed.

Countries around the world face the urgent existential challenge to tackle climate change and CO2 emissions. In its discussions of case studies of key economic sectors in Australia, this book focuses on the emerging experience with harnessing innovation to sustainability. The interdisciplinary approach to the complexity of climate change and policy making provides readers an opportunity for thoughtful discussions and lessons to be learnt from multiple angles.

This is a vital resource for scholars in climate studies, innovation and sustainability that also confronts important challenges facing policymakers, government and society.

chapter 1|7 pages

Introduction

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Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of Innovation, Technology, Climate Change and Sustainability
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section Section I|90 pages

Understanding Innovation and Sustainability

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chapter 2|11 pages

The Things That Matter

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Understanding and Communicating the Process and Impact of Innovation
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chapter 3|10 pages

The Delayed Growth Impact of Disruptive Digital Technologies

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Measuring and Accounting for the ‘Productivity Paradox’
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chapter 4|10 pages

Entrepreneurs and Start-ups in the Digital Age

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Profiles, Values and Paradigms
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chapter 5|14 pages

National Innovation and Competitiveness in the United States

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At a Strategic ‘Tipping Point’
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chapter 6|11 pages

Innovation Policies in Australia

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The Divisive Politics and Administration of Systemic Transformation
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chapter 7|11 pages

Efficient, Effective and Integrated Economy-Wide Climate Change Policy

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Economics and Politicisation
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chapter 8|12 pages

Climate Change Energy Transition

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Modelling, Scenarios and the Political Economy of the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’
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chapter 9|9 pages

The Innovative ‘Circular Economy’ as a Sustainable Business Model

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Design and Transformation Challenges
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section Section II|71 pages

Climate Change and Energy Resources

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chapter 10|12 pages

Renewable Energy Development

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The Costs of Policy Uncertainty and Lack of Political Stability
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chapter 11|9 pages

The National Energy Guarantee (NEG)

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Frustrated Reductions in Electricity Emissions and Dirty Party Politics
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chapter 12|11 pages

Electric Vehicles (EV)

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Infrastructure and Policy Barriers Lead to Laggardly Diffusion and Adoption
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chapter 13|13 pages

Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Global Finance Industry Disruption

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Dirty Little Energy Secret
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chapter 14|12 pages

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) Untried and Untested

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Why All the Political Interest Now?
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chapter 15|12 pages

Hydrogen-Based Economy

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Shipping Sunshine to the World
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section Section III|57 pages

Agriculture, Land and Water Resources

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chapter 16|12 pages

Agricultural Productivity Improvement

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The Role of Digital Technologies
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chapter 17|10 pages

The Second Domestication of Dairy and Beef

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Food 2.0 Proteins Without the Animals
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chapter 18|13 pages

The Murray–Darling Basin Environmental Catastrophe

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Federalism Politics and Best Available Science
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chapter 19|10 pages

Indigenous Agriculture and Sustainability Knowledge

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The Great Australian Silence
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chapter 20|10 pages

Regenerative Agriculture

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Confronting Industrial Agriculture With Farmer-Led Sustainability Innovation
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section Section IV|103 pages

Governance Roles and Responsibilities

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chapter 21|11 pages

Silicon Valley Consensus

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Self-fulfilling Technological Determinism
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chapter 22|10 pages

The Business of Climate Change

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Reimagining ‘Material Interests’ 1 – And the Corporation
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chapter 23|12 pages

Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)

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Harnessing Capital to Sustainability or Just ‘Woke’ and ‘Greenwashing’?
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chapter 24|11 pages

Decarbonising and Transforming the Australian Economy

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A Game-Changing Renewable Energy Opportunity
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chapter 25|11 pages

Public Interest Journalism

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Vanishing Pillar for a Sustainable Democracy?
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chapter 26|13 pages

Public Confidence in Science

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Building Trust on Understanding Scientific Method and Uncertainties
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chapter 27|11 pages

Systems-Based Governance

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For a Complex Sustainable Future
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chapter 28|11 pages

Political Reform and Public Engagement

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Necessary Sustainable Path for Confronting Climate Change
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chapter 29|11 pages

Conclusion

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Towards Complex Systems of Governance
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