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While it is accepted that inappropriate or indiscriminate design, use and disposal of a wide range of technologies are responsible for global as well as local environmental degradation, it is also widely recognized that fostering appropriate technological change is a necessary part of the solution. As will be discussed below, industry, agriculture and the service sector must have the willingness, opportunity, and capacity or capability to undertake technological changes. These changes could involve the adoption of already-proven technologies, or require incremental to radical innovation. In addition to process and product changes, changes in the organization of production and work also properly fit under the rubric of technological change.
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Ashford, N.A. (1999). The Influence of Information-Based Initiatives and Negotiated Environmental Agreements on Technological Change. In: Carraro, C., Lévêque, F. (eds) Voluntary Approaches in Environmental Policy. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) Series on Economics, Energy and Environment, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9311-3_9
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