Ian Gough, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at University of Bath, discusses the need for new eco-social policies to address environmental crises. He emphasizes the importance of blending economy, ecology, social policy, and politics to understand climate change. Gough proposes examples of eco-social policies, such as social pricing of utilities and reduced work schedules. He highlights the need to recompose consumption, reducing luxuries to improve production of necessities. Gough urges us to think on a global scale, using the example of SUVs to emphasize the importance of considering electricity as a necessity.
