Exploring nature for sustainability solutions holds the potential to enhance resilience, safeguard ecosystems, and sustain societies and economies. Such approaches are pivotal for the green transition and achieving zero emissions goals and embody a multifaceted strategy for a more sustainable future. 

Partners
Stirling University, Institute of Marine Research, Agricultural University of Georgia, Edinburg University.

Individual socio-political factors affect climate change perceptions including values, worldviews, and political orientations alongside demographic variables. Yet the role of values is not widely acknowledged within physical climate science, even though their management is required to benefit both science and society. 

Partners
Region Zealand, CARE.

Society requires clean inexpensive and reliable energy, connecting issues of generation, conversion, and storage. Solutions hinge on technology, knowledge, and understanding intricate relationships between technology and society. This necessitates aligning energy systems with broader societal goals including the global dimensions of sustainable energy. 

Partners
A.P. Møller – Maersk A/S, Sønderborg Kommune, Novo Nordisk Foundation CO2 Research Center, University of Cyprus, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

Knowledge, skills, and values are key in tackling environmental and social challenges. Building individuals' capacity to think ecologically, to grasp the interconnectedness of human and natural systems, and apply this understanding in their lives and communities is essential for a sustainable future.  

Partners
Odense Kommune, Fyens Stiftstidende, University of Essex, Novo Nordisk Foundation CO2 Research Center 

The Arctic is undergoing rapid and impactful change, primarily driven by accelerated climate change. Prioritizing sustainability in this region, including a central role for Nordic countries internationally, aligns powerfully with their focus on green, competitive, and socially sustainable development. 

Partners
Dansk Industri, Institute of Marine Research, University of Limerick.

Resource use is intricately linked to diverse climate issues – encompassing issues from the meeting of basic human needs up to combating environmentally harmful over-consumption. Adopting and supporting innovative and efficient resource use practices and fostering a circular economy across all sectors of society is an urgent 

Partners
HJ Hansen Recycling, Nature Energy, Universal Robots, CORC, University of Limerick, University of Rijeka.

Major changes are occurring regarding access to and spread of information. This brings the relationship between citizens, communities, and the state into focus. Digital technologies can play vital roles in supporting relational models of service provision, organization, and citizen empowerment, including in tackling the challenges of climate change  

Partners
Odense Kommune, Region Zealand.

Climate change poses a major threat to long-term development objectives, especially poverty "reduction, food security, and peacebuilding efforts. Given the global and interconnected nature of the challenge, and of the economy, all from international political agreements down to private philanthropic efforts must consider the trade-offs which Climate action may involve for development goals internationally. 

Partners
CARE, Novo Nordisk Foundation CO2 Research Center, University of Rijeka.

Transport systems, crucial for societal and economic connection, pose recognized environmental and health challenges. Prioritizing accessible public transport, along with safe walking and cycling networks, fosters physical activity and reduces carbon emissions. Sustainable urban transport aids marginalized groups, while in rural areas, it enhances local resilience. 

Partners
Sønderborg Kommune, The University of Edinburgh, University of Limerick, University of Rijeka, Universidad Carlos IIIde Madrid.

Environmental behaviour is a key topic for society addressing to what degree, and for what reasons, individuals can be motivated to behave in pro- environmental and sustainable ways. How can these motivations be supported, and conversely how might they be impeded by the actions of other societal agents active in the green transition.

Partners
Sønderborg Kommune, University of Limerick, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.