Innovation in the news August 26, 2024
Today’s top stories
Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from 1500 climate policies over two decades - If subsidies and regulations come alone or in a mix with each other, you won’t see major emission reductions. But when price instruments come in the mix like a carbon energy tax then they will deliver those substantial emissions reductions (Science + coverage from the Associated Press)
Obsessing Over Climate Disinformation Is a Wrong Turn - We need to listen to the public’s concerns and then do something about them — not discount them merely as the product of disinformation (Jacobin)
Acemoglu - Tasks at Work: Comparative Advantage, Technology and Labor Demand (Shaping the Future of Work)
🍁 Vancouver-based Borealis Biosciences has emerged from stealth with $150 million USD ($202 million CAD) in funding (Betakit)
State of Climate Tech Q2’24 Report (CB Insights)
Future frontiers: How the UK can build strategic advantage in frontier technologies (UK Onward)
Renewed calls for UK industrial strategy to bring in investment and fix Brexit damage (The Guardian)
Republican fight over green subsidies heads toward a boiling point (Politico)
Firm Adaptation to Climate Change (National Bureau of Economic Research)
How states can capture the economic potential of clean energy incentives (Rocky Mountain Institute)
European Commission approves €5 billion German State aid measure to support ESMC in setting up a new semiconductor manufacturing facility (European Commission)
🚀 Diversity and directionality: friends or foes in sustainability transitions? (Science and Public Policy)
🚀 Do transformer missions redirect values of mission-oriented projects? The case of the EU mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’ (Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions)
🚀 South Africa’s Public Service and Administration Minister calls for "mission oriented" approach to public service innovation (SA News)