Description
Book SynopsisThis book explores interdisciplinary perspectives on socioecological challenges and offers innovative solutions at both a European and global level.
This book critically reflects on the latest scientific knowledge regarding the increasing instability of the Earth System caused by human activities during the Anthropocene and the Great Acceleration. It focuses on the global and European challenges regarding climate, resources, bio-integrity, and environment. The authors assess the obstacles to overcoming these challenges and examine the risks posed by path dependencies, lock-ins, and trade-offs between global and regional goals. They also drill down into the complexities of the European Green Deal, specifically the similarities and differences between the scientific analyses and recommendations from the European Environment Agency and the content of the Deal. Finally, the book looks at the Just Transition put forward by the European Green Deal. The authors discuss this in a cont
Table of Contents
List of contributors
Introduction
Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard
Part I: Global ecological and socioecological challenges and UN solutions
Chapter 1: Global ecological risks
Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard
Chapter 2: UN ecological risk governance
Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard
Chapter 3: Socioecological challenges and UN policies
Anders Siig Andersen and Lars Hulgaard
Chapter 4: Affirmative and critical perspectives on the 2030 Agenda of sustainable development and the sustainable development goals
Anders Siig Andersen and Lars Hulgaard
Part II: European ecological and Socioecological challenges, and EU Solutions
Chapter 5: The European Green Deal and the state of the European environment
Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard
Chapter 6: Climate Change-motivated development of the EU’s energy production and use systems
Thomas Budde Christensen and Tobias Pape Thomsen
Chapter 7: Resources and the circular economy
Thomas Budde Christensen
Chapter 8: The food system and agriculture
Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen and Niels Heine Kristenen
Chapter 9: Biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people
Thorkil Casse and Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen
Chapter 10: Just Transition and the EU
Lars Hulgaard and Anders Siig Andersen
Part III: Cross-cutting issues: governance, the “Anthropocene”, and interdisciplinary research
Chapter 11: Ecological and socioecological governance in the UN and the EU
Anders Siig Andersen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard
Chapter 12: Decentering humanity: The Anthropocene and the perils of Anthropocentricity
Anders Siig Andersen and Lars Hulgaard
Chapter 13: Interdisciplinary research and knowledge creation
Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard
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