This book deals with one of the most pressing social and environmental issues that we face today. The transition to a post-carbon society, in which the consumption of fossil fuels falls over time, has become an inevitability due to

Introduction. Ernest Garcia, Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias and Peadar Kirby.- Part I. Transition.- Chapter 1. The deadlock of the thermo-industrial civilisation: The (impossible) energy transition in the Anthropocene; Alain Gras.- Chapter 2. Uncertainties, inertia and cognitive and psychosocial obstacles to a smooth transition; Joaquim Sempere.- Chapter 3. Towards the Post-Carbon Society: Searching for Signs of the Transition and Identifying Obstacles; Ernest Garcia and Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias.- Chapter 4. The Degrowth Imperative: Reducing energy and resource consumption as an essential component in achieving carbon budget targets; John Wiseman and Samuel Alexander.- Part II. Rethinking austerity.- Chapter 5. Austerity pasts, austerity futures?; Rebecca Bramall.- Chapter 6. Coffee, toast and a tip?: Initial reflections on the transformation of the self; Jorge Riechmann.- Chapter 7. Frugal Abundance in an Age of Limits: Envisioning a degrowth economy; Samuel Alexander.- Part III. Case Studies.- Chapter 8. Cloughjordan ecovillage: Modelling the transition to a low carbon society; Peadar Kirby.- Chapter 9. Challenges for wind turbines in the energy transition: The example of an offshore wind farm in France; Laurence Raineau.- Chapter 10. Social partners, environmental issues and new challenges in the post-carbon society; Víctor Climent Sanjuán.- Chapter 11. Landfill Culture: Some implications for degrowth; Ignasi Lerma Montero.- Chapter 12. Social Actions Transformed in a Post-Carbon Transition: The case of Barcelona; Jesús Vicens.- Conclusion; Ernest Garcia, Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias and Peadar Kirby.