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 ...
23 May 2025 - In response to the urgent need for a more sustainable approach to resource use, The Club of Rome and the Hot or Cool Institute have launched a Materials and Consumption Taskforce. The taskforce aims to highlight the critical importance of materials and consumption ...
16 May 2025 - The world is witnessing an ongoing pandemic of devastation, violence and suffering in multiple conflicts. The destruction of Gaza and sacrifice of its inhabitants in the name of security is particularly outrageous and revealing of modern hubris, ignorant of any ...
06 May 2025 - A new report released by the UN Youth Office, the St. Gallen Symposium and The Club of Rome is calling on businesses to embrace intergenerational leadership as a driver of innovation, sustainability, and long-term success.
Titled How Intergenerational ...
22 April 2025 - The Club of Rome and the World Academy of Art and Science renew their full commitment to active collaboration in initiatives towards the achievement of peace worldwide.
The two organisations initiated in 2024 different activities focused on war and peace, and ...