1 Rat Race Dynamics and Crazy Companies: The Diffusion of Technologies and Social Behavior -- 2 Democratization from a Long-term Perspective -- 3 Innovation and Diffusion in a Single Europe: Institutional Structure and Industrial Prospects for the European Communities -- 4 Multiple Perspectives...

Sustainable development and global climate change have figured prominently in scientific analysis and international policymaking since the early 1990s. This book formulates technology strategies that will lead to environmentally sustainable energy systems, based on an analysis of global climate...

We live in a period of profound systemic change, and as in similar periods in the past, there is bound to be considerable instability and uncertainty before the new society and economy take shape. We have to identify actions that will shape change for the better, and help to build resilience to...

Whilst all of the major industrialized countries are currently experiencing population ageing, Japan is at the forefront of this demographic trend. This important new book explores the serious economic and social challenges that a rapidly ageing Japanese economy will have to overcome in the...

A workshop††Participants at the workshop were: J. Alcamo (IIASA), S. Chernavsky (Institute of Long-term Forecasting, U.S.S.R.), B. Döös (IIASA), B. Eliasson (Asea Brown Boveri, Switzerland), G. Esser (IIASA), Y. Fujii (University of Tokyo), A. Gheorghe (International Atomic Energy Agency,...

This special issue reviews technological options for mitigating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The options analyzed include efficiency improvements, renewable energies, clean fossil and zero-carbon energy technologies, carbon sequestration and disposal, enhancement of natural carbon sinks...