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SUMMARY:Climate change: the myopia of social policy - Ian Gough (Visiting 
 Professor\, LSE\; Emeritus Professor\, U of Bath)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210311T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210311T173000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Climate breakdown and ecological destruction pose real and pre
 sent threats to traditional welfare states in the global North (let alone 
 the rest of the world\, unfortunately largely omitted from this talk). Tak
 ing this seriously requires four transformations to traditional ‘social 
 policy’\, each more difficult than the last. First\, to devise and upsca
 le novel eco-social programmes to tap synergies between wellbeing and sust
 ainability via transformative investment programmes such as a Green New De
 al. Second\, to realise the best principles of the welfare state by extend
 ing the range of universal basic services in kind. Third\, to prepare for 
 a fair post-growth economy via a strategy of ‘reduce and redistribute’
 . And last\, to develop a global equity framework to meet climatic and eco
 logical threats in a globally just way that recognizes current internation
 al inequalities.\nIt is difficult to overstate how dramatic this trajector
 y is. It requires nothing less than a total and rapid reversal of our pres
 ent direction as a civilization. As the co-chair of an IPCC working group 
 put it\, ‘The next few years are probably the most important in our hist
 ory’. It is remarkable and shaming that\, with a few exceptions\, the st
 udy of social policy has hardly stirred itself to confront these challenge
 s.\nSpeakers:\nIan Gough (Visiting Professor\, LSE\; Emeritus Professor\, 
 U of Bath)
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