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Bridging the gap between circular economy and climate change mitigation policies through eco-innovations and Quintuple Helix Model

Gemma Durán-Romero, Ana M. López, Tatiana Beliaeva, Marcos Ferasso, Christophe Garonne, Paul Jones Orcid Logo

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume: 160, Pages: 1 - 13

Swansea University Author: Paul Jones Orcid Logo

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Abstract

Climate change represents an increasing threat to society and demands collaborative actions for changing technologies, production methods, and consumption. The concept of Circular Economy (CE) emerged aiming to increasetheresourceuseefficiencyandminimizeresource inputs,wasteandemissionsgeneration. How...

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Published in: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
ISSN: 0040-1625
Published: Elsevier Elsevier BV 2020
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55042
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Abstract: Climate change represents an increasing threat to society and demands collaborative actions for changing technologies, production methods, and consumption. The concept of Circular Economy (CE) emerged aiming to increasetheresourceuseefficiencyandminimizeresource inputs,wasteandemissionsgeneration. However,the contribution of CE eco-innovations to climate change mitigation goals, pushed by the Quintuple Helix Model (QHM) actors, is still unknown. This analytical review intends to fulfil this gap by investigating the main elements of the QHM that contribute to CE eco-innovations, namely companies, government, society, academia, and the natural environment. An analytical framework and theoretical propositions for future research are proposed. Eco-innovation technologies from energy, waste, transportation, construction and manufacturing sectors are discussed. Practical recommendations and implications for policymakers associated with CE and climate change policies and their interrelationship in terms of eco-innovations are also provided.
Keywords: Eco-innovation; Quintuple Helix Model; Climate change; Circular economy; Energy efficiency; Material efficiency Sustainability Sustainable business model
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Start Page: 1
End Page: 13