Eco-Social Welfare and Energy Citizenship

This paper explores the integration of environmental governance and social policy through the emerging paradigm of eco-social welfare. As global societies confront escalating socio-ecological crises driven by climate change, resource inequality, and environmental degradation, welfare systems that depend on economic growth are increasingly unsustainable. This study synthesizes the concepts of eco-welfare, sustainable welfare, and energy citizenship to construct a conceptual framework for adaptive policy transformation. Employing a qualitative synthesis and comparative policy analysis, it highlights the interdependence between environmental sustainability and social justice, arguing that effective welfare reform must integrate decarbonization, pre-distribution, and participatory governance. Using Indonesia’s energy transition as a contextual case, particularly the persistence of energy poverty in eastern provinces such as Nusa Tenggara Timur, the research situates eco-social welfare as both a theoretical advancement and a practical policy direction. The resulting Eco-Social Governance Framework connects welfare systems, citizen participation, and ecological limits within a unified adaptive policy model. The study concludes that eco-social governance offers a strategic pathway for sustainable welfare transformation in the Anthropocene, enabling developing economies to pursue inclusive growth, climate resilience, and social equity within planetary boundaries

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