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 advocate and...
Government and expert leaders join forces to champion green recovery and systemic transformation on World Environment Day
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 first, boost...
A 10-point Action Plan to create a circular bioeconomy devoted to sustainable wellbeing
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 economy that...
Crafting The Post COVID World
We will emerge from this emergency. When we do, what kind of a world do we want to create? By CoR Members Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Hunter Lovins, Mamphela Ramphele This article was first published The Solutions Journal COVID-19 is killing hundreds of thousands of us....
An interview with Esmeralda of Belgium and Sandrine Dixson-Declève by Michel de Muelenaere for ’Le Soir’
The interview with CoR Co-President Sandrine Dixson-Declève and Esmeralda of Belgium (in French) was originally published in Le Soir. Aussi engagées l’une que l’autre. Aussi volontaires mais tout aussi inquiètes. La princesse Esmeralda de Belgique et Sandrine...
Emerging from the Emergency: Key Policy Recommendations to G20 Leaders
CALL TO ACTION TO G20 LEADERS : EMERGING FROM THE EMERGENCY WITH PEOPLE, PLANET, PROSPERITY AT THE HEART OF THE COVID-19 RECOVERY It is time to harness our fears, build hope and drive action to build resilient societies on the longer term We call on G20 Leaders, Heads...
Open Letter to Global Leaders – A Healthy Planet for Healthy People
Call to Action from the Planetary Emergency Partnership*: Emerging from the Planetary Emergency and partnering between People and Nature It is time to harness our fears, build hope and drive action to respond to the human health, economic, climate and biodiversity...
A Green Reboot After the Pandemic
In addition to threatening millions of lives and the global economy, the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that human societies are capable of transforming themselves more or less overnight. In fact, there's no better time than now to usher in systemic economic...
Emergence from emergency: The case for a holistic economic recovery plan
Climate change, biodiversity loss and deforestation are contributing drivers behind pandemics. Like COVID-19, these cross-cutting challenges do not observe national borders and can be managed only through collective action, write Sandrine Dixson-Declève and Johan...