Drivers of society-nature relations in the Anthropocene and their implications for sustainability transformations

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ce:abstract xmlns:ce="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/common/dtd" xmlns="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/ja/dtd" id="abs0005" class="author-highlights" view="all"ce:section-title id="sect0005"Highlights/ce:section-titlece:abstract-sec id="abst0005" view="all"ce:simple-para id="spar0010" view="all"ce:list id="lis0005"ce:list-item id="lsti0005"ce:label?/ce:labelce:para id="par0005" view="all"‘Humanity’ as a whole is not the driver of epochal change in the Anthropocene./ce:para/ce:list-itemce:list-item id="lsti0010"ce:label?/ce:labelce:para id="par0010" view="all"Sustainability research must pay more attention to the drivers of epochal environmental change./ce:para/ce:list-itemce:list-item id="lsti0015"ce:label?/ce:labelce:para id="par0015" view="all"These drivers have led to persistent social inequalities and regional differences./ce:para/ce:list-itemce:list-item id="lsti0020"ce:label?/ce:labelce:para id="par0020" view="all"The proposed research agenda has strong implications for sustainability transformations./ce:para/ce:list-item/ce:list/ce:simple-para/ce:abstract-sec/ce:abstractce:abstract xmlns:ce="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/common/dtd" xmlns="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/ja/dtd" id="abs0010" view="all" class="author"ce:abstract-sec id="abst0010" view="all"ce:simple-para id="spar0015" view="all"Human impacts on the Earth system mark the dawn of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. This claim has triggered a debate in science, media, and politics in which ‘humanity’ as a whole is commonly identified as the driving force of epochal environmental change. The historically and geographically specific expansion of capitalist society-nature relations and the associated social differentiation have led to persistent social inequalities, challenging the assumption of humanity as a homogenous driver. Based on a review of social and political ecology literature, we propose a differentiated research agenda focusing on drivers of accelerating resource use in the Anthropocene. As many current governance instruments replicate and reinforce these drivers, such a research agenda can offer crucial insights for sustainability transformations./ce:simple-para/ce:abstract-sec/ce:abstract