Write a description of an innovation that you think has made a significant contribution to sustainability and development within a particular context. This should have taken place over the past 50 years and can be global, regional or national in its scope.
You will need to:
1. describe the innovation and how it works
2. explain whether it was ‘new to firm’/ ‘new to market’/ ‘new to world’
3. explain what type of product/ process innovation it was, according to the Oslo Manual typology
4. discuss whether it was ‘incremental’ or ‘radical
5. critically evaluate whether/ how it contributed to a change in socio-technical system or techno-economic paradigm?
6. explain whether this had an impact on resource intensity, energy use and/or one or more of the planetary boundaries (specify which), and how?
7. discuss any social implications/ consequences (positive or negative) of the innovation
8. explain how the context (technological, socio-political, socio-economic, cultural) enabled the innovation to emerge