The problem

Guided by effective environmental policy, European industry has become ‘greener’ over the past decade. This is helping to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation. However, there is a lack of theory and empirical testing in this area. Research on how market and institutional barriers, for example, slow down the uptake of cleaner technology is scarce. Therefore, policy-makers often have insufficient information concerning the types and level of incentive and disincentive that best encourage innovation towards cleaner technologies.

Overview:

POPA-CDTA will help policy-makers predict the conditions required for the successful uptake of cleaner technologies.

It will:

• Identify barriers hampering the development of environmental technologies
• Build a model to test hypotheses concerning drivers and barriers to innovative behaviour
• Conduct case studies in four sectors (agriculture, transport, industry and energy)
• Assess the cost-effectiveness of selected environmental technologies and proposed policy measures
• Make recommendations on policy initiatives to encourage the uptake of cleaner technologies

Contribution to policy development:

POPA-CDTA will:

• Provide a model to help policy-makers choose appropriate incentives and disincentives to encourage the development and uptake of cleaner technologies
• Contribute to the development of the European Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP) in the agriculture, transport, industry and energy sectors

Project deliverables

• Case studies – Month 15
• Policies design – Month 18
• Sectoral workshop report – Month 18
• Synthesis report – Month 20
• Final policy brief – Month 23

Dissemination

• International workshop – Month 21
• Review and assessment reports – Months 6, 12, 16, 19 and 24

Technical information

Project acronym: POPA-CDTA
Project’s official full title: Policy pathways to promote the development and adoption of cleaner technologies
Research priority: 1.6. Assessment of environmental technologies for support of policy decisions, in particular concerning effective but low-cost technologies in the context of fulfilling environmental legislation
Specific webpage: http://www.popa-cdta.net
Proposal/contract no: 502487
Start date: Details not yet available
Kick off meeting: Details not yet available
Completion date: Details not yet available
European Commission scientific officer: Nikolaos Christoforides (nikolaos.christoforides@ec.europa.eu)

Coordinator:
Dr. Carlos Montalvo (Montalvo@stb.tno.nl)
Name: Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, Institute for Technology, Strategy and Policy
Abbreviated name: TNO-STB
Address: Schoemakerstraat 97
P.O. Box 6030
2600JA Delft
Country: Netherlands
Tel: +31 55 269 5490
Fax: +31 55 259 5460
Website: http://www.stb.tno.nl

Partners

Name: Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
Abbreviated name: IPTS
Country: Spain

Name: Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research
Abbreviated name: ISI
Country: Germany

Name: Institute of Technology Assessment, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Abbreviated name: OEAW
Country: Austria

Name: Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
Abbreviated name: REC
Country: Hungary

Name: Institute for European Environmental Policy
Abbreviated name: IEEP
Country: UK

Name: Center for Environment and Sustainability, Göteborg University and Chalmers
Abbreviated name: UGOT
Country: Sweden