• Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific : Fact Sheet - Green technology
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    Challenges to green technology adoption




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    34. FS-Green-Technology

    Challenges to green technology adoption
    Generally, green technology is more expensive than the technology it aims to replace, because it accounts for 
    the environmental costs that are externalized in many conventional production processes. Because it is relatively 
    new, the associated development and training costs can make it even more costly in comparison with estab-
    lished technologies. The perceived benefits are also dependant on other factors such as supporting infrastruc-
    ture, technology readiness, human resources capabilities and geographic elements. Hence, what could be a 
    feasible green technology in one country or region may not be in another.
    Adoption and circulation of these technologies can be constrained by a number of other barriers. Some may be 
    institutional, such as the lack of an appropriate regulatory framework; others may be technological, financial, 
    political, cultural or legal in nature.
    From a company’s perspective, the following are likely barriers to adopting green technologies:
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    High implementing costs
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    Lack of information
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    No known alternative chemical or raw material inputs
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    No known alternative process technology
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    Uncertainty about performance impacts
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    Lack of human resources and skills.
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    R. Luken and F. Van Rompaey, “Drivers for any barriers to environmentally sound technology adoption by manufacturing plants in nine 
    developing countries”, Journal of Cleaner Production (2008), vol.16, No.1, pp. 67-77.
    Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific :
     
    Fact Sheet - Green technology

    Overcoming these barriers is a complex process because it can involve a large number of parties, ranging from 
    government, private sector, and NGOs to financial, research and educational institutions. Promoting green 
    growth requires identifying and removing these barriers that hinder the large-scale dissemination of clean tech-
    nology to developing countries, especially to those countries with special needs, such as least developed coun-
    tries and small island developing states.
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    Table 1 highlights motivating and influencing factors for adopting new 
    technologies from the viewpoint of various parties.

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