Innovation in technology and in economic and social systems is necessary to decouple growth from greenhouse gas emissions and the overexploitation of resources. Innovation, digitalization and circularity play a key role in the achievement of climate neutrality.

Our work

We rely on an extensive toolbox of empirical methods - including econometric analysis, expert elicitations, big data analytics, systematic review methods, and structured qualitative case studies - to characterize the dynamics and drivers of, and the barriers to, low-carbon innovation, sustainable digitalization and circular practices. We use this empirical knowledge to inform innovation policy design and to develop scenarios of prosperous and resilient carbon-neutral futures characterized by pervasive and inclusive innovation, digitalization and the narrowing, slowing and closing of material loops in the economy.