Newly-published Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development provides a variety of insights about the behavioral and policy changes that would need to accompany the technical transformation needed for sustainable development. The book underlines the challenge of improving and adapting existent technology to the specific local needs of countries. It discusses the experience of countries and the policy options confronted by Governments to expedite the adoption of green technology and to facilitate rapid diffusion and knowledge sharing.

Co-edited by Diana Alarcon, Chief of the Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit in DPAD/DESA, and Rob Vos, Director of Agricultural Development Economics at FAO, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development takes into account the complexity of inducing technological change in the energy and agricultural sectors. The assessment suggests that this will require major, but doable improvements in national innovation systems and major, but affordable shifts in investment patterns and related macroeconomic adjustments.

The book is available for purchase at UN Publications at shop.un.org