Anders Siig Andersen is an Associate Professor at Roskilde University, Department of People and Technology. He holds a PhD in educational studies, is special advisor for the Rector of Roskilde University on socioecological sustainability issues, and is Study Director of the Master’s in Education and Learning at Roskilde University.Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen is a Professor at Roskilde University, Department of People and Technology. He is an agronomist with a PhD in agroecology. He works on demand-driven transitions within urgent climate and environmental problems, primarily focusing on agri-food systems.Thomas Budde Christensen is an Associate Professor at Roskilde University, Department of People and Technology. He works in the field of circular economy with special emphasis on research in sustainable consumption and production systems. His current research focuses on policy, strategies, and planning activities associated with recycling industrial waste, plastics waste, bio waste, and construction and demolition waste.Lars Hulgaard is a Professor at Roskilde University, Department of People and Technology. He is a sociologist and holds a PhD in public administration. He works on issues related to social change, social innovation, solidarity economy, and sustainability. He collaborates with scholars globally to understand better how social innovation, solidarity economy, and epistemologies of the South can inspire social change in the North.

• List of contributorsIntroductionAnders 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 HulgaardChapter 2: UN ecological risk governanceAnders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars HulgaardChapter 3: Socioecological challenges and UN policiesAnders Siig Andersen and Lars HulgaardChapter 4: Affirmative and critical perspectives on the 2030 Agenda of sustainable development and the sustainable development goalsAnders Siig Andersen and Lars HulgaardPart II: European ecological and Socioecological challenges, and EU Solutions Chapter 5: The European Green Deal and the state of the European environmentAnders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars HulgaardChapter 6: Climate Change-motivated development of the EU’s energy production and use systemsThomas Budde Christensen and Tobias Pape Thomsen Chapter 7: Resources and the circular economyThomas Budde Christensen Chapter 8: The food system and agricultureHenrik Hauggaard-Nielsen and Niels Heine KristenenChapter 9: Biodiversity and nature’s contributions to peopleThorkil Casse and Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen Chapter 10: Just Transition and the EULars Hulgaard and Anders Siig Andersen Part III: Cross-cutting issues: governance, the “Anthropocene”, and interdisciplinary researchChapter 11: Ecological and socioecological governance in the UN and the EUAnders Siig Andersen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard Chapter 12: Decentering humanity: The Anthropocene and the perils of AnthropocentricityAnders Siig Andersen and Lars HulgaardChapter 13: Interdisciplinary research and knowledge creation Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars HulgaardIndex

Anders Siig Andersen is an Associate Professor at Roskilde University, Department of People and Technology. He holds a PhD in educational studies, is special advisor for the Rector of Roskilde University on socioecological sustainability issues, and is Study Director of the Master’s in Education and Learning at Roskilde University.Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen is a Professor at Roskilde University, Department of People and Technology. He is an agronomist with a PhD in agroecology. He works on demand-driven transitions within urgent climate and environmental problems, primarily focusing on agri-food systems.Thomas Budde Christensen is an Associate Professor at Roskilde University, Department of People and Technology. He works in the field of circular economy with special emphasis on research in sustainable consumption and production systems. His current research focuses on policy, strategies, and planning activities associated with recycling industrial waste, plastics waste, bio waste, and construction and demolition waste.Lars Hulgaard is a Professor at Roskilde University, Department of People and Technology. He is a sociologist and holds a PhD in public administration. He works on issues related to social change, social innovation, solidarity economy, and sustainability. He collaborates with scholars globally to understand better how social innovation, solidarity economy, and epistemologies of the South can inspire social change in the North.

• List of contributorsIntroductionAnders 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 HulgaardChapter 2: UN ecological risk governanceAnders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars HulgaardChapter 3: Socioecological challenges and UN policiesAnders Siig Andersen and Lars HulgaardChapter 4: Affirmative and critical perspectives on the 2030 Agenda of sustainable development and the sustainable development goalsAnders Siig Andersen and Lars HulgaardPart II: European ecological and Socioecological challenges, and EU Solutions Chapter 5: The European Green Deal and the state of the European environmentAnders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars HulgaardChapter 6: Climate Change-motivated development of the EU’s energy production and use systemsThomas Budde Christensen and Tobias Pape Thomsen Chapter 7: Resources and the circular economyThomas Budde Christensen Chapter 8: The food system and agricultureHenrik Hauggaard-Nielsen and Niels Heine KristenenChapter 9: Biodiversity and nature’s contributions to peopleThorkil Casse and Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen Chapter 10: Just Transition and the EULars Hulgaard and Anders Siig Andersen Part III: Cross-cutting issues: governance, the “Anthropocene”, and interdisciplinary researchChapter 11: Ecological and socioecological governance in the UN and the EUAnders Siig Andersen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard Chapter 12: Decentering humanity: The Anthropocene and the perils of AnthropocentricityAnders Siig Andersen and Lars HulgaardChapter 13: Interdisciplinary research and knowledge creation Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars HulgaardIndex

Anders Siig Andersen is an Associate Professor at Roskilde University, Department of People and Technology. He holds a PhD in educational studies, is special advisor for the Rector of Roskilde University on socioecological sustainability issues, and is Study Director of the Master’s in Education and Learning at Roskilde University.Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen is a Professor at Roskilde University, Department of People and Technology. He is an agronomist with a PhD in agroecology. He works on demand-driven transitions within urgent climate and environmental problems, primarily focusing on agri-food systems.Thomas Budde Christensen is an Associate Professor at Roskilde University, Department of People and Technology. He works in the field of circular economy with special emphasis on research in sustainable consumption and production systems. His current research focuses on policy, strategies, and planning activities associated with recycling industrial waste, plastics waste, bio waste, and construction and demolition waste.Lars Hulgaard is a Professor at Roskilde University, Department of People and Technology. He is a sociologist and holds a PhD in public administration. He works on issues related to social change, social innovation, solidarity economy, and sustainability. He collaborates with scholars globally to understand better how social innovation, solidarity economy, and epistemologies of the South can inspire social change in the North.

• List of contributorsIntroductionAnders 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 HulgaardChapter 2: UN ecological risk governanceAnders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars HulgaardChapter 3: Socioecological challenges and UN policiesAnders Siig Andersen and Lars HulgaardChapter 4: Affirmative and critical perspectives on the 2030 Agenda of sustainable development and the sustainable development goalsAnders Siig Andersen and Lars HulgaardPart II: European ecological and Socioecological challenges, and EU Solutions Chapter 5: The European Green Deal and the state of the European environmentAnders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars HulgaardChapter 6: Climate Change-motivated development of the EU’s energy production and use systemsThomas Budde Christensen and Tobias Pape Thomsen Chapter 7: Resources and the circular economyThomas Budde Christensen Chapter 8: The food system and agricultureHenrik Hauggaard-Nielsen and Niels Heine KristenenChapter 9: Biodiversity and nature’s contributions to peopleThorkil Casse and Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen Chapter 10: Just Transition and the EULars Hulgaard and Anders Siig Andersen Part III: Cross-cutting issues: governance, the “Anthropocene”, and interdisciplinary researchChapter 11: Ecological and socioecological governance in the UN and the EUAnders Siig Andersen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard Chapter 12: Decentering humanity: The Anthropocene and the perils of AnthropocentricityAnders Siig Andersen and Lars HulgaardChapter 13: Interdisciplinary research and knowledge creation Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars HulgaardIndex