17 January 2024 - The average age in Africa is around 20. Yet, the average age of African leaders is over 60. Closing this generation gap, the biggest in the world, is vital to enable the continent to engage with the problems of the twenty-first century and to give...
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Embracing diversity and influencing change
20 November 2023 - What inspired you to join The Club of Rome? Sustainability and climate change are political matters, and I have always been a political activist. But the choice of The Club of Rome was an accident of history. I happened to live in Cape Town when...
Africa’s youth as leaders in biodiversity conservation
15 November 2023 - Africa stands at a crucial juncture. With internal and external pressures escalating for our rich resources, we are faced with pivotal choices. Do we embrace a future that safeguards our natural legacy or inadvertently destroy it? The stakes are...
Building on the voices of youth for desirable futures
06 November 2023 - The Higher Education for Good (HE4G) Foundation and The Club of Rome are launching an extensive collaborative effort to build upon the data gathered through the recently released Youth Talks consulation results. The objective of this partnership is...
One step forward, two steps back: Insights from the African Climate Week and Youth Assembly 2023
28 September 2023 - The African Climate Week (ACW) (4 – 8 September 2023) and its preceding African Climate Youth Assembly (AYCA) marked a significant gathering in the realm of African climate discussions. They were among the biggest and most anticipated high level...
Interconnectedness: In conversation with Christopher Mbanefo
14 June 2023 - “What do we, human beings, have in common with a fish?” A young teenage boy is taken aback by this question posed by his father. He looks at him and responds: “What do you mean? A fish is a fish, we are humans. Fish live in water, we don't live in...
Youth empowerment in Latin America
19 May 2023 - Can you tell us a bit about yourself? How did you get involved in systems transformation work? I am 33 years old, I was born in Argentina and from a very young age, I decided that I wanted to work to help change our current global systems. I studied...
The Club of Rome at the UN Climate talks
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...
Club of Rome Global Youth Summit 2020
02 September 2020 - Global Youth Summit & Engagement Applications and Nominations are open It is undeniable that we are in the midst of an unprecedented time in global history. Our planetary boundaries are approaching and, in some cases, surpassed their limits,...
Club of Rome Youth Summit 2019
10 November 2019 - The Club of Rome Summit 2019 took place on November 6 in Stellenbosch, South Africa, with a Youth Summit running in parallel to the internal Club of Rome AGM. The Youth Summit brought together young leaders from across the globe - with a particular...