Ian Gough, author at Social Europe

Sufficiency: towards an eco-social economy

Richard Bärnthaler and Ian Gough

The only exit from the ‘polycrisis’ is a corridor of sufficiency between meeting need and avoiding excess.

Decarbonising housing fairly: a sufficiency approach

Ian Gough, Stefan Horn, Charlotte Rogers and Rebecca Tunstall

Housing is a huge source of carbon emissions. But decarbonising it effectively requires a sufficiency lens.

Beyond Bonn: Eco-Social Policies For Social Justice And Environmental Sustainability

Ian Gough

COP23 in Bonn sought to maintain the global momentum for ‘green growth’ – to decouple output from greenhouse gas emissions. But the crucial topics of

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