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Ian Gough

Ian Gough is a visiting professor in the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion and an associate of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, both at the London School of Economics, as well as professor emeritus at the University of Bath.

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