22 November 2021 - Science tells us that we now have at best 10 years to navigate a significant change of course or trigger tipping points in Earth’s natural systems from which there is no return. We are not dealing with a broken system in need of repair. We are...
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...
12 October 2021 - Life on our planet has brought about a strange species, loving and longing to be alive, yet equipped with the capacity to destroy each other and diminish the life support system. Yet, this strange species has so many other capacities – caring for...
15 September 2021 - The global pandemic that has been ravaging the world for the past two years has brought about unprecedented change, but also presents valuable opportunities for building back a more resilient and sustainable world. The Club of Rome calls on the...
02 December 2020 - The Covid-19 pandemic has left humanity reeling, as a virulent viral contagion has also become an economic contagion, destabilizing large swathes of national economies across the world. Meanwhile spiraling government debt, and rising wealth, income...
19 November 2020 - A major new international collaboration EarthforAll was launched today at the UNFCCC Race to Zero Dialogues session on Transformational Leadership. EarthforAll will explore transformational political and economic solutions for the 21st century. It...
17 November 2020 - The Race to Zero Closing Session, organized by the Club of Rome and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research on November 19th, marked the end of a ten-day series of virtual dialogues, with the objective to build momentum around the shift to...
23 September 2020 - Top thought leaders, including Club of Rome Co-President Sandrine Dixson-Declève, debated how Europe can achieve a sustainable and inclusive recovery that boosts the resilience of our production sectors, the competitiveness of our economies and the...
22 September 2020 - The Club of Rome has launched a new policy brief on 21st Century Wellbeing Economics and its role in EU recovery. Today leaders across Europe will be alerted to the benefits of well-being economics as an anchor for recovery, renewal and resilience....
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...
