Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals - Insights From Agriculture, Health, Environment, and Energy

Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals showcases the roles that STI solutions can play in meeting on-the-ground socio-economic and environmental challenges among domestic and international organizations concerned with the SDGs in three overlapping areas: agriculture, health, and environment/energy.

About the author

Ademola A. Adenle is the founder of the Africa Sustainability Innovation Academy and was a research fellow and principal investigator at the United Nations University Headquarters, Japan. He specializes in science and technology policy in addressing sustainable development challenges including climate change, food security, energy, health, sustainable agriculture, and biodiversity conservation.

Marian R. Chertow is Associate Professor of Industrial Environmental Management at the Yale University School of the Environment. Her research and teaching focus on industrial ecology, circular economy, business/environment issues, and reuse of waste and materials.

Ellen H.M. Moors is Professor of Innovation and Sustainability at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development of Utrecht University. Her research focuses on the dynamics and governance of technological innovations in health- and food-related sectors in which emergent technology development occurs.

David J. Pannell

is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. His research includes the economics of agricultural research and innovation, farmers' adoption of new technologies and innovations, economics of land and water conservation, and environmental policy.

Summary

Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals showcases the roles that STI solutions can play in meeting on-the-ground socio-economic and environmental challenges among domestic and international organizations concerned with the SDGs in three overlapping areas: agriculture, health, and environment/energy.

Product details

• Authors: Ademola A. (Founder Adenle
• Assisted by: Ademola A. Adenle (Editor), Adenle Ademola A. (Editor), Marian R. Chertow (Editor), Chertow Marian R. (Editor), Ellen H. M. Moors (Editor), David J. Pannell (Editor), Pannell David J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780190949501
• ISBN: 978-0-19-094950-1
• No. of pages: 588
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Energy Policy, Central / national / federal government policies, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, Central government policies