A Wales That Cares for People and Planet

The provocation outlined that the core The current economic model has driven problem of neoliberalism lies in the the polycrisis due to its extractive, narrow focus on GDP as the primary profit-driven, neocolonial and patriarchal 5indicator of economic and social progress. [...] perspective The provocation highlighted the gendered impact of climate change in the The second provocation explored the Philippines, whereby, the brunt of such realities of care, climate justice and gender hazards are frequently borne by the most dimensions with a perspective from the marginalised in the Global South, Global South with insights from the especially women and those most Philippines. [...] In the the global imbalance that while the Global Netherlands, a Monitor of Well-being North has caused the climate crisis, the provides a balanced and coherent set of impacts overwhelmingly fall on the global reliable and timely indicators to support South, disproportionately impacting public debates from the perspective of women and care work. [...] The IWA’s own research analyses the role of Indeed, Wales has a long tradition of trade unions in helping to rebalance the collectivism and mutual aid as home to the economy and support middle to low cooperative movement in the 1840’s and income earners achieve fairer working 36 the birthplace of the NHS, a concept based conditions. [...] and made suggestions on further action in Wales to tackle the interconnected Importantly, the discussion addressed the challenges of care and climate while constraints of the fiscal and economic progressing towards alternative economic realities policy makers, the Welsh models.