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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|7 pages
Introduction
section Section I|90 pages
Understanding Innovation and Sustainability
chapter 2|11 pages
The Things That Matter
chapter 3|10 pages
The Delayed Growth Impact of Disruptive Digital Technologies
chapter 4|10 pages
Entrepreneurs and Start-ups in the Digital Age
chapter 5|14 pages
National Innovation and Competitiveness in the United States
chapter 6|11 pages
Innovation Policies in Australia
chapter 7|11 pages
Efficient, Effective and Integrated Economy-Wide Climate Change Policy
chapter 8|12 pages
Climate Change Energy Transition
chapter 9|9 pages
The Innovative ‘Circular Economy’ as a Sustainable Business Model
section Section II|71 pages
Climate Change and Energy Resources
chapter 10|12 pages
Renewable Energy Development
chapter 11|9 pages
The National Energy Guarantee (NEG)
chapter 12|11 pages
Electric Vehicles (EV)
chapter 13|13 pages
Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Global Finance Industry Disruption
chapter 14|12 pages
Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) Untried and Untested
section Section III|57 pages
Agriculture, Land and Water Resources
chapter 17|10 pages
The Second Domestication of Dairy and Beef
chapter 18|13 pages
The Murray–Darling Basin Environmental Catastrophe
chapter 19|10 pages
Indigenous Agriculture and Sustainability Knowledge
chapter 20|10 pages
Regenerative Agriculture
section Section IV|103 pages
Governance Roles and Responsibilities
