23 June 2022 - Until political and business leaders accept – and act on the knowledge – that we are all part of an interdependent living system, we cannot achieve global equity or a healthy planet. The good news is that The Club of Rome has identified turnaround...
07 June 2022 - Fifty years ago, Italian business leaders in the Club of Rome gave a jolt to the world in their path-breaking report The Limits to Growth. That thought leadership continues today as Italian business leaders launch Regeneration 2030, a powerful call for...
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...
17 May 2022 - My research went viral last summer. I found out via a friend’s text, jokingly accusing me of “announcing the end of the world.” For several days, headlines on major US news pages declared that my research proved we are on the brink of collapse. A few...
03 May 2022 - When covering the publication of the IPCC 2022 Climate Change Report, The Guardian’s succinct headline read “The World can still hope to stave off the worst ravages of climate breakdown but only through a ‘now or never’ dash for a low-carbon economy.” As...
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...
