30 May 2022 - Fifty years ago, a team of MIT scientists identified that human decision-making was luring our entire population slowly but inexorably toward environmental disaster. Through the first ever computer model of the world, they showed that the relentless...
27 May 2022 - On 2 and 3 June 2022, Stockholm hosted an international environmental meeting with the theme: A healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity. Stockholm+50 will commemorate the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human...
23 May 2022 - The belated release of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s “Reef snapshot: summer 2021-22” has exposed the Federal government’s insistence that the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is not endangered as the lie it has always been. But beneath the...
19 May 2022 - In 1972, the seminal report to The Club of Rome – The Limits to Growth – was the first study to explore the possible impacts of the growing ecological footprint of population growth, human activities and its physical impacts on our finite planet from a...
13 May 2022 - If the European Green Deal is to succeed, the EU must be a driving force in developing sustainable economic systems and societal wellbeing both at home and across the planet. This is the key message from the International System Change Compass - The...
23 February 2022 - In March 1972, a report commissioned by The Club of Rome, shook the world. To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the publication of The Limits to Growth, The Club of Rome are planning a series of webinars and other events featuring leading...
15 December 2021 - Last month world leaders met to discuss the issue of climate change, and we saw agreement at the UN Climate talks to move towards greener energy sources. There was consensus that urgent action is needed now to avoid passing irreversible tipping...
19 November 2021 - There’s no denying that the UN Climate Talks in Glasgow had some successes. The commitments on closing the rulebook on carbon markets, deforestation, coal divestment, internal combustion engine phase out, and methane reduction are important if they...
31 October 2021 - To successfully emerge from Covid into a fairer, greener future we need to recognise nature as an essential piece of the puzzle. Nearly two years after the first reported case of Covid-19, the world is still facing the repercussions. At the same...
27 October 2021 - We are at a unique moment in history – a decisive decade where failure to act risks crossing irreversible Earth tipping points. The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is seen as a critical summit to accelerate action towards the...
