Presentation at the STEPS Conference 2010 - Pathways to Sustainability: Agendas for a new politics of environment, development and social justice http://www.steps-centre.org/events/stepsconference2010.html

1. TECHNOLOGY, GLOBALIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Transforming the Industrial State Nicholas A. Ashford Professor of Technology & Policy Massachusetts Institute of Technology Copyright © 2010 Nicholas A. Ashford

5. Technological change and globalization (trade) as drivers of change within and between three operationally-important dimensions of sustainability Environment Technological change & globalization (trade) Work Economy Copyright © 2006 by Nicholas A. Ashford.

6. The Efficient Frontier for Current and Future Technology Contrasting Sustaining and Disrupting Innovation Cost Performance Current Existing Technology Future Technology (Disrupting Innovation) C 1 A B C C 2 P 1 P 2 Sustaining Innovation New Sustaining Technology

10. III IV V Environment Technological change & globalization Work Economy Toxic Pollution Climate Change Ecosystem Disruption Resource Depletion ● Skills ● Wages ● Purchasing Power ● Job Security ● Health and Safety ● Job Satisfaction ● Number of Jobs ● Changing international division of labor ● Changes in the nature of work ● Development & environment (industrialization) ● Investment & environment ● Trade & environment ● Improvements in competitiveness, productiveness, and the use of physical, natural, & human capital ● Economic changes (arising from labor replacement & capital relocation ● Financing growth and development ● Increased environmental footprint from the need to increase employment & industrial throughput I II VI ● Regulation of Health, Safety & Environment Affects the Economy and Growth. ● Environmental/energy improvements create or change the nature of employment.

12. Environmental Justice Climate Change Economic Inequality Competitiveness (effective and efficient delivery of goods and services) Employment Resource Depletion Biodiversity/ Ecosystems DOE DOD/ DHS DOL/ ED USDA DOC DOC Economic Development Social Development Environmental Protection Toxic Pollution Government activity areas Key: Challenges confronting sustainable development Peace and Security Employment Transportation Energy Defense Manufacturing Housing and Urban Dev. Health and Environment Agriculture Purchasing Power (job creation) & HHS/EPA HUD