12 July 2020 - One year after the launch of the Planetary Emergency Plan during the London Climate Action Week 2019, the Club of Rome, Potsdam Institute, WWF and Planetary Emergency Partners reflect on the 'Emergence from Emergency' narrative in a post-COVID context...
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Prospects for a World of Declining GDP
10 July 2020 - Our human species has lived on this earth for about 15,000 generations. Until 1750 there was essentially no growth in GDP per person. For 300,000 years average people experienced no overall improvement in welfare during their lifetimes. Only during the...
First summit of global development banks must deliver on ending fossil fuel finance
06 July 2020 - Governments worldwide plan to produce 120% more oil, gas and coal by 2030 than is compatible with 1.5C warming limit - supported by huge volumes of public money. by Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Co-President, The Club of Rome Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, SDGs...
Club of Rome Solidarity Statement with the Movement for Black Lives Matter
29 June 2020 - As countless people around the world take to the streets to raise their voices in response to the brutal murder of George Floyd, the Club of Rome and its members from 30 different countries are issuing a statement in support of the Black Lives Matter...
New Report to the Club of Rome Bildung – Keep Growing
23 June 2020 - In the new report to the Club of Rome Bildung – Keep Growing the author Lene Rachel Andersen argues that we need a 21st c Bildung to reinforce individual and community resilience in the face of our global challenges from environmental crises to...
There and back again…
22 June 2020 - This week, the United Nations Office at Geneva and the World Academy of Art and Science held a virtual conference called Strategies for Transformative Global Leadership. There is an urgent need to fill the global leadership vacuum in order to address...
Paint it brown
18 June 2020 - After devising a taxonomy of green activities, the EU has been called on to create a ‘brown’ taxonomy. Would it be a help, or an unnecessary complication, asks Christopher Marchant First published in Environmental Finance Download the pdf...
Government and expert leaders join forces to champion green recovery and systemic transformation on World Environment Day
05 June 2020 - On the eve of World Environment Day, ministers representing a growing number of countries from across all continents issued a joint statement urging a green and healthy recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, championing solutions which put people and planet...
A 10-point Action Plan to create a circular bioeconomy devoted to sustainable wellbeing
04 June 2020 - Leading representatives from science, investors and industry, including The Club of Rome, today met with HRH The Prince of Wales to discuss how to accelerate the transition to a circular bioeconomy to enable a carbon-neutral, renewable and inclusive...
Conference: Nature’s Return
03 June 2020 - Finance Watch and the Club of Rome invite you to their online conference on the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy 2030, Green Deal & Recovery Plan: Nature’s Return – Embedding environmental goals at the heart of financial decision-making Further...