CDM see Clean Development Mechanism
CDP see Carbon Disclosure Project
CdTe see cadmium telluride
CFS see Committee on Food Security
China: energy politics 89, 94–96;
entrepreneurial state 138, 140–141, 142,
145–147; fast-tracking 174, 176,
177–178, 180; institutional context
98–99; mobilization 128–129
China Development Bank (CBD) 141
CIGS see copper indium gallium
(di)selenide
circular economies 160
Cisterna programme 106–107
citizen-led transformations 5, 15–17
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
13, 36
climate change: economic output 154–155;
emancipating transformations 60–61, 65;
two-degree limits 27–28, 34
climate engineering 44–45
climate geoengineering 64
Climate Investment Funds 77
Climate justice movement 120–121
Club of Rome 40–41
coal 71, 73, 81
commercial financial institutions 156, 157,
159
Committee on Food Security (CFS)
123–124
community agricultural projects 115
Companies Act 2006; Regulations 79
Conference on Environment and
Development 121; see UN Conference
on Environment and Development
conferences of parties (COP) 28–29
consumer chemicals 60–61
contaminants 60–61
Conway, E. M. 51–52
COP see conferences of parties
Copenhagen, Cop-15, 28–29
copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS)
147–148
corporate influence, science 51–52
crops, GM 48–50, 125–126
‘crowding-out’ hypothesis 135
DDT see dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DEFRA see Department for the
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
demand-side policies 136
democracy, emancipating transformations
59–61
democratic transformations, grassroots
innovation 115–117
Denmark 176
Department of Energy (DOE) 146
Department for the Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) 49
development banks 137–138
development finance institutions (DFIs)
158, 159
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)
39–40
digital fabrication, grassroots 111–112, 114
diversity 96–97
Earth systems governance 58
East Asia 174–175
eastern Europe, mobilization 128–129
ecological modernization 131
Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
(TEEB) 13, 36
eco-toxicity 39–40
EEA see European Environment Agency
emancipating transformations 54–67;
democracy 59–61; Nexus, necessity and
nudge 55–57; transition to
transformation 61–66
Energiewende plan (‘Energy Turnaround’)
141, 146
energy, politics 87–89
Energy Descent Action Plan 127
energy descent action plans 114–115
energy efficiency 160
energy pathways 65
energy providers 87–89
energy sector, entrepreneurial state
136–139
Enough anti-consumerism groups 75
ENSSER see European Network of
Scientists for Social and Environmental
Responsibility
entrepreneurial state 134–152; energy
sector 136–139; fast-tracking 180;
national approaches 139–144; nurturing
144–148; political challenges 149–150;
private sector 148–149
Environment and Development
Conference 121
equity investors 156, 157
Europe: fast-tracking 180; mobilization
122–123, 128–129
European Environment Agency (EEA) 47
European Network of Scientists for Social
and Environmental Responsibility
(ENSSER) 49
FabLabs 107, 111, 114
‘fallacy of control’ 64–65
216 Index
CDP see Carbon Disclosure Project
CdTe see cadmium telluride
CFS see Committee on Food Security
China: energy politics 89, 94–96;
entrepreneurial state 138, 140–141, 142,
145–147; fast-tracking 174, 176,
177–178, 180; institutional context
98–99; mobilization 128–129
China Development Bank (CBD) 141
CIGS see copper indium gallium
(di)selenide
circular economies 160
Cisterna programme 106–107
citizen-led transformations 5, 15–17
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
13, 36
climate change: economic output 154–155;
emancipating transformations 60–61, 65;
two-degree limits 27–28, 34
climate engineering 44–45
climate geoengineering 64
Climate Investment Funds 77
Climate justice movement 120–121
Club of Rome 40–41
coal 71, 73, 81
commercial financial institutions 156, 157,
159
Committee on Food Security (CFS)
123–124
community agricultural projects 115
Companies Act 2006; Regulations 79
Conference on Environment and
Development 121; see UN Conference
on Environment and Development
conferences of parties (COP) 28–29
consumer chemicals 60–61
contaminants 60–61
Conway, E. M. 51–52
COP see conferences of parties
Copenhagen, Cop-15, 28–29
copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS)
147–148
corporate influence, science 51–52
crops, GM 48–50, 125–126
‘crowding-out’ hypothesis 135
DDT see dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DEFRA see Department for the
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
demand-side policies 136
democracy, emancipating transformations
59–61
democratic transformations, grassroots
innovation 115–117
Denmark 176
Department of Energy (DOE) 146
Department for the Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) 49
development banks 137–138
development finance institutions (DFIs)
158, 159
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)
39–40
digital fabrication, grassroots 111–112, 114
diversity 96–97
Earth systems governance 58
East Asia 174–175
eastern Europe, mobilization 128–129
ecological modernization 131
Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
(TEEB) 13, 36
eco-toxicity 39–40
EEA see European Environment Agency
emancipating transformations 54–67;
democracy 59–61; Nexus, necessity and
nudge 55–57; transition to
transformation 61–66
Energiewende plan (‘Energy Turnaround’)
141, 146
energy, politics 87–89
Energy Descent Action Plan 127
energy descent action plans 114–115
energy efficiency 160
energy pathways 65
energy providers 87–89
energy sector, entrepreneurial state
136–139
Enough anti-consumerism groups 75
ENSSER see European Network of
Scientists for Social and Environmental
Responsibility
entrepreneurial state 134–152; energy
sector 136–139; fast-tracking 180;
national approaches 139–144; nurturing
144–148; political challenges 149–150;
private sector 148–149
Environment and Development
Conference 121
equity investors 156, 157
Europe: fast-tracking 180; mobilization
122–123, 128–129
European Environment Agency (EEA) 47
European Network of Scientists for Social
and Environmental Responsibility
(ENSSER) 49
FabLabs 107, 111, 114
‘fallacy of control’ 64–65
216 Index