Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Socioecological Challenges

<p>This book explores interdisciplinary perspectives on socioecological challenges and offers innovative solutions at both a European and global level.</p><p>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 context of global and European ecological and socioecological challenges and put the question of equality, recognition, and democratization at the center.</p><p>Outlining new pathways to broaden the scope of scientific collaboration between the natural and technical sciences and the social sciences and the humanities, this volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable development, environmental policy and governance, and environmental justice.</p> <p><em>List of contributors</em></p><p>Introduction<br><em>Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard</em> </p><p>Part I: Global ecological and socioecological challenges and UN solutions </p><p>Chapter 1: Global ecological risks <br><em>Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard</em></p><p>Chapter 2: UN ecological risk governance<br><em>Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard</em></p><p>Chapter 3: Socioecological challenges and UN policies<br><em>Anders Siig Andersen and Lars Hulgaard</em></p><p>Chapter 4: Affirmative and critical perspectives on the 2030 Agenda of sustainable development and the sustainable development goals<br><em>Anders Siig Andersen and Lars Hulgaard</em></p><p>Part II: European ecological and Socioecological challenges, and EU Solutions </p><p><em>Chapter 5: The European Green Deal and the state of the European environment<br>Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard</em></p><p>Chapter 6: Climate Change-motivated development of the EU’s energy production and use systems<br><em>Thomas Budde Christensen and Tobias Pape Thomsen </em></p><p>Chapter 7: Resources and the circular economy<br><em>Thomas Budde Christensen</em> </p><p>Chapter 8: The food system and agriculture<br><em>Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen and Niels Heine Kristenen</em></p><p>Chapter 9: Biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people<br><em>Thorkil Casse and Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen </em></p><p>Chapter 10: Just Transition and the EU<br><em>Lars Hulgaard and Anders Siig Andersen</em> </p><p>Part III: Cross-cutting issues: governance, the “Anthropocene”, and interdisciplinary research</p><p>Chapter 11: Ecological and socioecological governance in the UN and the EU<br><em>Anders Siig Andersen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard</em> </p><p>Chapter 12: Decentering humanity: The Anthropocene and the perils of Anthropocentricity<br><em>Anders Siig Andersen and Lars Hulgaard</em></p><p>Chapter 13: Interdisciplinary research and knowledge creation </p><p><em>Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard</em></p><p><em>Index</em></p>