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Article

23 Apr 2015

Author:
Behnam Taebi & Eefje Cuppen, Delft University of Technology, on Thomson Reuters Foundation

Commentary: "Innovation to tackle climate change must be socially responsible"

The monumental challenge we face in tackling climate change means solutions will depend increasingly on new and emerging technologies, which have the potential to engender significant public opposition...Our research indicates that success or failure in such projects can be determined by how well discontent is handled in dialogue with those involved...Policymakers should therefore move toward a new paradigm of responsible innovation in which the societal and ethical issues are better anticipated and acted upon up front.