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Rene Schwietzke
To solve the climate crisis, we need to live in a less material world
10 May 2024 - Global material use has more than tripled since 1970 - from 30 billion tons to 106 billion tons a year. And it is taking a heavy toll on our planet. The extraction and processing of fossil fuels, metals and minerals, food production and forestry...
25 July 2024 - On the 45th anniversary of the report No Limits to Learning, we are exploring the transformative power of learning. We talked to Gianfranco Bologna, member of The Club of Rome and Honorary President of Scientific Community at WWF Italy, about how the book came ...
22 July 2024 - “A nation of sheep breeds a government of wolves.” Often attributed to an unknown author, these words have long held true for Kenya’s citizenry until recently. In the past few weeks, a wave of political awareness championed by ‘Generation Zs’ has swept across the ...
10 July 2024 - A key challenge across businesses and policy institutions is to simultaneously boost our ability to address immediate crises and long-term challenges. This requires shifting the generational perspectives and voices included in strategic direction-setting and ...
25 June 2024 - Global climate change, and the resulting ecosystem collapses, social tensions, and pandemics that follow, poses an existential threat to the kind of prosperous, modern society enjoyed by millions in rich countries. Life will meanwhile become even more difficult ...
19 June 2024 - In mid-May 2023, the European Parliament hosted a major conference on degrowth, sparking a wide range of reactions in the media. This diversity of opinions did not contribute to fostering broad support for the concept. Degrowth advocates argue for phasing out the ...
18 June 2024 - Despite the fact that the mission of the Conference of the Parties’ (COP) is to prevent dangerous climate change and keep global warming below 2°C, there is a stark and unacceptable gap between what COP needs to achieve and the inertia it reinforces among member ...
06 June 2024 - This blog is part of a series drawn from Peace in the Anthropocene, our latest publication at The Club of Rome. Each entry reflects one of the many viewpoints held by our diverse membership, illustrating the rich tapestry of ideas within our network. While this ...
29 May 2024 - As part of the Earth4All project, collaborators have submitted deep-dive papers to delve further into the issues and solutions needed to transform our economic system and provide an equitable future for all on a finite planet.
22 May 2024 - This blog is part of a series drawn from Peace in the Anthropocene, our latest publication at The Club of Rome. Each entry reflects one of the many viewpoints held by our diverse membership, illustrating the rich tapestry of ideas within our network. While this ...
10 May 2024 - Global material use has more than tripled since 1970 - from 30 billion tons to 106 billion tons a year. And it is taking a heavy toll on our planet.
The extraction and processing of fossil fuels, metals and minerals, food production and forestry together ...
03 May 2024 - “Too hot to handle: The scorching reality of Australia’s climate–security failure” is a report published by the Australian Security Leaders Group (ASLCG). This article is an extract from the report.
One line of evidence for the Australian Government’s ...
22 April 2024 - April 22 is Earth Day and people all around the world will be celebrating the bounties that earth provides for all life. This is a good time to consider what does living "a green life" mean to us? How can we live green from a holistic systems perspective? China's ...
