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WORKING PAPER 94 | Overlooked Industrialisation Opportunity? How Global South can Leverage Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is a core component of achieving net-zero, and the only solution we have to address both residual and historical emissions. Since 2018, the sector has expanded rapidly, now exceeding 600 firms, growing by over 200% annually, and surpassing $10 billion in cumulative market value. However, activity remains largely concentrated in advanced
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WORKING PAPER 93 | Regional Coordination of Green Industrial Policies: What can we learn from the ASEAN Experience?
The rise of national-driven green industrial policies, along with a new mercantilist era, marked by fragmented international cooperation and protectionism, threatens the inclusive pursuit of sustainable industrialization. Meanwhile, for many small nations, many of the ‘green windows of opportunities’ cannot be reached without cross-border coordination. This paper therefore examines the institutional conditions necessary for the
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REPORT | Navigating the Currents of Green Hydrogen Towards a Human Development-Centred Framework
Navigating the Currents of Green Hydrogen Towards a Human Development-Centred Framework Green hydrogen, produced through renewable-powered electrolysis, is increasingly recognized as a key tool for decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors such as heavy industry and long-distance transport. With abundant renewable potential, many developing countries are well positioned to become major producers. Yet without careful governance, green hydrogen
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WORKING PAPER 92 | Critical Minerals & Resource Nationalism 2.0: Why the Policy is more Critical than the Mineral
Critical Minerals & Resource Nationalism 2.0: Why the Policy is more Critical than the Mineral “Critical minerals” are driving a new wave of resource nationalism around the globe. But to what extent is the current approach to critical minerals aligned with the achievement of long-term developmental goals? How novel are the policies currently implemented, and
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WORKING PAPER 91 | Can AI grow green? Evidence of an inverted-U curve between AI, energy use and emissions
Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to cut energy use, speed the shift to renewables and curb emissions, yet its early deployment typically raises national demand for power and CO₂ emissions. Analysing data for 23 middle- and high-income countries, we find AI first lifts energy consumption and emissions, then flips direction as investment deepens. Beyond roughly US$220–580
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WORKING PAPER 90 | Artificial Intelligence, Biodiversity & Energy: From a Resource-Intensive to a Symbiotic Tech
The paper explores the intersection of AI, biodiversity, and energy, emphasizing the need for a sustainable approach to tech developments. AI has the potential to boost economic growth, but its resource-intensive nature poses environmental risks, particularly due to energy and water consumption. We argue for a shift from a resource-intensive AI model to a symbiotic
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WORKING PAPER 89 | AI Startups by Valuation Creation
Amid the surging global tech landscape, AI startups have swiftly risen, propelled by their innovative prowess and adaptability. However, accurately gauging their technological value has perennially captured industry focus. Leveraging the globally esteemed valuation model crafted by OxValue.AI, this white paper has unveiled the top 30 AI startups worldwide, elucidating distinctions in value-driving factors between
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POLICY BRIEF | The role of digital technology in improving the lives of marginalised communities during the Covid-19 pandemic
This report aims to enhance understanding of the implications, capacity needs and enabling conditions for trade liberalization of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs), with focus on developing countries. It focuses its analysis on five ESTs, namely solar photovoltaic cells (PVs), water filters, waste incinerators, gas filtering machinery, hemp and flax fibers. To do that, the study
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REPORT | Trade in Environmentally Sound Technologies: Implications for Developing Countries
This report aims to enhance understanding of the implications, capacity needs and enabling conditions for trade liberalization of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs), with focus on developing countries. It focuses its analysis on five ESTs, namely solar photovoltaic cells (PVs), water filters, waste incinerators, gas filtering machinery, hemp and flax fibers. To do that, the study
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WORKING PAPER 88 | The Impact on Innovation of Collaboration and Acquisition Sequencing
Abstract Acquisition and collaboration are actively used for external knowledge acquisition and organisational learning but little is known about how different patterns of sequencing and the intensity of these activities impact on the innovation performance of firms. This paper fills in this important gap in the literature by identifying a typology of sequencing strategies of
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