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DESCRIPTION:Eco-Innovation for Sustainability\n\nFernando J. Diaz Lopez\, P
 hD\n\nDr. Fernando J. Diaz Lopez works at the Netherlands Organisation for
  applied Scientific Research TNO as senior advisor and programme manager. 
 He is also associate professor extraordinary in sustainability systems at 
 Stellenbosch University\, in South Africa. Fernando is a founding member a
 nd current Director of the Innovation for Sustainable Development – a glob
 al initiative funded by the European Commission\, new.inno4sd.net.\n\nAbst
 ract\n\nManifold terms are used to describe innovations that lead to posit
 ive environmental benefits\, such as clean innovation\, eco-innovation\, g
 reen innovation\, environmental innovation\, sustainable innovation\, etc.
  Eco-innovation (EcoI) is broadly defined as innovations that contribute t
 o sustainable development (c.f. Rennings\, 2000). Eco-innovation and assoc
 iated terms are used by scholars in 47 countries - which in turn are respo
 nsible for more than two thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions (Turkel
 i & Kemp 2019). It traces its origins to the work of Van Es and Pampel (19
 76) in the field of agro-food research analysing voluntary adoption practi
 ces of environmental control in farming.\n\nDiaz Lopez will present an ove
 rview of concepts\, theories and methods used in eco-innovation research. 
 Based on recent peer-reviewed publications and implementation in forms\, F
 ernando will present examples of eco-innovation at the systemic and busine
 ss levels. Discussion and Q&A will follow. Eco-innovation (EcoI) is a fiel
 d of research\, policy and practice that has gained an unprecedent level o
 f atten-tion in many international forums (e.g. UN Technology Facilitation
  Mechanism\, UNFCC COP\, the OECD\, etc.). The underlying positive expecta
 tion about the potential green innovation is due to its transformative and
  economic potential (c.f. European Commission\, 2014\; UN Environment 2014
 \; OECD 2011). For example\, in Europe the added value of green-innovation
  (renewable energy\, environmental technologies and the bio economy) was a
 bout 2\,2 % of the GDP\, with a turnover of 227 billion EUR and contribute
 d to the crea-tion of 4200 new business ventures. Canadian cleantech firms
  owned about 1\,3 % of the global market\, report revenues of almost 12 bi
 llion Canadian dollars\, employ over 55\,6000 people and typically invest 
 about 10% of their revenue in R&D.\n\n\nAbout the series\n\nThe Convergent
  Innovation Webinar Series will feature cutting edge science\, technology 
 and innovation in agriculture\, food and health domains as well as in the 
 behavioural\, commercial\, social and complexity sciences. These\, combine
 d with traditions from around the world\, will altogether articulate an in
 terdisciplinary research and action strategy to transform agricultural pro
 ducts like pulses from undifferentiated commodities into higher-margin who
 le and value-added food products that support sustainable development and 
 affordable healthcare. Progressively\, programs in the CI-Food webinar ser
 ies will be developed for other agricultural products with high CI potenti
 al\, e.g.\, dairy\, fruits\, vegetables\, and others.\n
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SUMMARY:CI Food Webinar Series: Dr. Fernando J. Diaz Lopez
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