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UNU-MERIT is a joint research and training centre of United Nations University (UNU) and Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
UNU-MERIT’s mission is to provide insights into the social, political and economic factors that drive technological change and innovation. The Centre's research and training programmes address a broad range of policy questions relating to the national and international governance of science, technology and innovation, with a particular focus on the creation, diffusion and access to knowledge.
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Making Choices about Hydrogen
As oil prices continue to rise unabated, governments, firms and individual consumers, are starting to take alternative fuel sources much more seriously. A timely new UNU-MERIT book titled, “Making Choices about Hydrogen: Transport Issues for Developing Countries” (UNU Press) argues that while major challenges remain - including cost and design issues - a hydrogen economy could be within reach if policymakers make radical choices now. For developing countries in particular, this requires rejecting the ‘inevitability’ of the paths taken by industrialized countries, by moving away from ‘use up and clean up’ fuel production and distribution structures to embrace cleaner and more efficient technology combinations (such as wind and solar-driven hydrogen production). The UNU Press book is due to be published this month. For more information please see the publications section below. |
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