Technological trajectories for climate change mitigation in China, Europe and India
New technologies need to be developed to decelerate global warming. Europe, China and India are among those who push innovations in this field - starting from very different initial conditions in terms of market site and structure, technological capabilities, and policy priorities. This results in different technological trajectories. Besides explaining these differences this project aims at highlighting reasons as well as effects on international competitiveness and technology cooperation.
Project Lead:
Tilman Altenburg
Project Team:
Doris Fischer
16 Researcher of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and partner institutitons
Financing:
Compagnia di San Paolo (Italy), Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Sweden), Volkswagen Stiftung (Germany)
Time frame:
2011 - 2015
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completed
Co-operation Partner:
Institute of Development Studies, BrightonTsinghua University, Beijing; Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Project description
The urgent need to mitigate climate change demands for technological development. Europe is in a strong position to advance the relevant technologies. But it is also important, that China, India and other emerging economies push in this direction. However, socio-economic conditions and political pressures in India and China are very different from those in Europe, thus giving rise to different patterns of specialization. While this increases the range of climate technology options, it may also have far-reaching implications for the competitive positioning and trade relations of nations. Based on these considerations, the project addresses three main questions:
How do the emerging technological trajectories for climate change mitigation in Europe, China and India differ? What explains these differences? What are the implications for related strategies of international competition and cooperation at the enterprise and government level? The empirical analysis concentrates on two sectors: wind energy (in China, India, Germany and Denmark) and electric vehicles (in China, India, Germany and France).
Publications
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The formation of a new technological trajectory of electric propulsion in the French automobile industry
Schamp, Eike W. (2014)
Discussion Paper 12/2014 -
Electromobility in India: attempts at leadership by businesses in a scant policy space
Chaudhary, Ankur (2014)
Discussion Paper 15/2014 -
China’s impact on the global wind power industry
Lema, Rasmus / Axel Berger / Hubert Schmitz (2013)
in: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 42 (1), 37–69 -
Sustainability-oriented innovation in the auto industry: advancing electromobility in China, France, Germany and India
Altenburg, Tilman / Doris Fischer / Shikha Bhasin (2012)
in: Innovation and Development 2 (1), (Special Issue: Sustainability-oriented innovation systems in China and India) -
Sustainability-oriented innovation systems: managing the green transformation
Altenburg, Tilman / Anna Pegels (2012)
in: Innovation and Development 2 (1), (Special Issue: Sustainability-oriented innovation systems in China and India) -
Sustainability-oriented innovation systems in China and India
Altenburg, Tilman (ed.) (2012)
Innovation and Development 2 (1), Special Issue -
New global players in innovation? China's and India's technological catch-up and the low carbon economy
Altenburg, Tilman (2008)
in: Hubert Schmitz / Dirk Messner (eds), Poor and powerful: the rise of China and India and its implications for Europe, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (DIE Discussion Paper 13/2008), 26-39 -
Enhancing international technology cooperation for climate change mitigation: lessons from an electromobility case study
Bhasin, Shikha (2014)
Discussion Paper 26/2014 -
From combustion engines to electric vehicles: a study of technological path creation and disruption in Germany
Altenburg, Tilman (2014)
Discussion Paper 29/2014 -
Innovation paths in wind power: insights from Denmark and Germany
Lema, Rasmus / Johan Nordensvärd / Frauke Urban / Wilfried Lütkenhorst (2014)
Discussion Paper 17/2014