Annotated Table of Contents Making Climate Tech Work Policies that Drive Innovation Alon Tal
Preface Chapter 1: Tech Policy and the Climate Crisis • The Innovation Imperative o Ensuring Economic Prosperity o Providing Public Goods and National Security o Addressing Market Failures • Why Climate Tech Policy Is Different o Externalities o Extended Development Horizons o The High Cost of Early Experimentation o Urgency • Public Policies to Promote Climate Tech Innovation— What’s on the Menu
Chapter 2: A Global Framework for Mitigation • • • • • •
Margaret Thatcher and a UN Climate Convention: Unlikely Environmental Hero A Global Crisis: Leakage and Carbon Border Adjustments The Long Road to Paris International Commitments under the Paris Accord Renewable Portfolio Standards—The Potential of Quotas Climate Cooperation – Informal and Formal Approaches to Save the Planet
Chapter 3: Jumpstarting Research and Development • • • • • • • •
Demand-Pull versus Supply-Push Climate Innovation Strategies Growth in Funding for Climate Research Government’s Delicate Dance in Sponsoring Climate Research Incubators and Accelerators Evaluating Climate Research Policy Success Effective Climate Research Policy: The Case of Denmark ReSource’s Path Across the Valley of Death The Imperative of Effective R&D Policies