09 September 2025 - This is the first publication of The Fifth Element’s discussion paper series. Introducing: Dancing with paradigms, could systemic wisdom emerge? “There is yet one leverage point that is even higher than changing a paradigm. That is to keep oneself...
12 January 2026 - Applications are now open for the Club of Rome Communications Fellowship.
The Club of Rome is currently accepting applications for its Communications Fellowship 2026. The fellowship is a seven-month mentoring programme aimed at increasing the diversity of voices ...
04 December 2025 - The Club of Rome, in partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB) Institute, has released a new report highlighting how finance can unlock the transformative innovation required to ensure Europe’s competitiveness in a rapidly changing global ...
25 November 2025 - Storytelling has shaped humanity since the dawn of time, and today it may matter more than ever. For centuries, humans have used stories to explain the world, unite communities and imagine futures that do not yet exist. Yet in the digital age, storytelling has ...
24 November 2025 - From 22 to 24 September 2025, Belgrade hosted the World Conference on Science and Art for Sustainability, an event that united scientific and artistic communities from across the majority of the world to explore how science and art can jointly respond to today’s ...
24 November 2025 - There is no doubt about China’s rise to the status of a global powerhouse, whether framed positively or not. China has emerged as the world’s largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, and the second largest by nominal GDP. It is considered the world’s ...
14 November 2025 - By 2070, segments of the southern hemisphere of the planet Earth will have 30 to 100% more population than today. The struggle for these youth needing to acquire skills to hold even minimal livelihoods needs strong educational transformation if this increase is to ...
06 November 2025 - Ahead of the critical climate summit in Belém, a new report from Earth4All argues that Brazil’s greatest assets in tackling the climate crisis are not only its vast forests and renewable energy potential, but the power of trust and social cohesion.
The study, ...
09 September 2025 - This is the first publication of The Fifth Element’s discussion paper series.
Introducing: Dancing with paradigms, could systemic wisdom emerge?
“There is yet one leverage point that is even higher than changing a paradigm. That is to keep oneself unattached ...
04 September 2025 - An expert group has urged the European Commission to cut Europe’s resource use and introduce binding demand reduction targets to secure the bloc’s future prosperity and resilience.
In its response to the Commission’s public consultation on the Circular Economy ...
21 August 2025 - In a world increasingly defined by climate disruption, biodiversity loss, rising inequality and the accelerating risks of AI and emerging technologies, The Club of Rome is calling for a fundamental rethinking of what peace means today. Its new paper, Planetary ...
18 June 2025 - A new report by The Club of Rome and the Hot or Cool Institute warns that current approaches to city design are failing to address the scale and urgency of urban challenges and calls for a fundamental shift in how we design and govern urban areas.
05 June 2025 - The deliberate starvation, displacement and systematic destruction of the people of Gaza and the very conditions necessary for their survival is not war. It is not a war against Hamas. It is an abomination. It is cruelty in its most calculated form—a slow and ...
