Marginalization of end-use technologies in energy innovation for climate protection
Marginalization of end-use technologies in energy innovation for climate protection
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气候保护能源创新中终端使用技术的边缘化
DOI：
10.1038/nclimate1576
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
30.7
通讯作者：
G. Nemet
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作者：
C. Wilson;A. Grubler;K. Gallagher;G. Nemet
减缓气候变化需要有针对性的创新努力来开发和部署能源技术。创新活动旨在通过公共机构、政策和资源实现气候保护的成果，进而塑造市场行为。我们分析整个创新系统的各种活动指标来评估这些努力。我们发现，高效的终端使用技术比能源供应技术具有巨大的潜在减排潜力，并能提供更高的社会投资回报。然而，公共机构、政策和财政资源普遍优先考虑能源供应技术。定向创新努力与排放受限世界的需求明显不一致。需要付出更大的努力来开发高效最终用途技术的全部潜力。
Mitigating climate change requires directed innovation efforts to develop and deploy energy technologies. Innovation activities are directed towards the outcome of climate protection by public institutions, policies and resources that in turn shape market behaviour. We analyse diverse indicators of activity throughout the innovation system to assess these efforts. We find efficient end-use technologies contribute large potential emission reductions and provide higher social returns on investment than energy-supply technologies. Yet public institutions, policies and financial resources pervasively privilege energy-supply technologies. Directed innovation efforts are strikingly misaligned with the needs of an emissions-constrained world. Significantly greater effort is needed to develop the full potential of efficient end-use technologies.