23 May 2025 - In response to the urgent need for a more sustainable approach to resource use, The Club of Rome and the Hot or Cool Institute have launched a Materials and Consumption Taskforce. The taskforce aims to highlight the critical importance of materials and consumption ...
16 May 2025 - The world is witnessing an ongoing pandemic of devastation, violence and suffering in multiple conflicts. The destruction of Gaza and sacrifice of its inhabitants in the name of security is particularly outrageous and revealing of modern hubris, ignorant of any ...
06 May 2025 - A new report released by the UN Youth Office, the St. Gallen Symposium and The Club of Rome is calling on businesses to embrace intergenerational leadership as a driver of innovation, sustainability, and long-term success.
Titled How Intergenerational ...
22 April 2025 - The Club of Rome and the World Academy of Art and Science renew their full commitment to active collaboration in initiatives towards the achievement of peace worldwide.
The two organisations initiated in 2024 different activities focused on war and peace, and ...
15 January 2025 - In 1972, The Limits to Growth warned of the potential collapse of human civilisations due to resource depletion and pollution. This was followed by No Limits to Learning in 1979, which emphasised the need to bridge the "human gap"—the disparity between our ability ...
11 December 2024 - A new scientific study published in the journal Foresight concludes that human civilisation is on the brink of the next ‘giant leap’ in evolution. However, progress could be thwarted by centralised far-right political projects such as the incoming Donald Trump ...
09 December 2024 - The Club of Rome, a platform for leading scientists, economists, policy and business leaders to collaborate and promote leading edge thinking, has elected Silvia Zimmermann del Castillo as its new co-president. Zimmermann del Castillo is an Argentinean writer, ...
05 December 2024 - The new Von der Leyen II Commission, which took office yesterday, is tasked with leading a shift towards a greener, more secure, and competitive EU economy. On the first day after inauguration, the Systems Transformation Hub – a pioneering partnership of ...
22 November 2024 - Club of Rome member Mathis Wackernagel has been awarded the 2024 Sustainability Award in Leadership in Implementation by the Nobel Sustainability Trust for his contribution to the awareness of climate change and challenges.
Wackernagel co-developed the concept ...
15 November 2024 - A group of prominent scientists, advocates and policy leaders have issued an open letter to the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Secretariat Simon Stiell as world leaders gather in Baku for COP29. The signatories of this letter are friends of the COP and ...
12 November 2024 - A pioneering new initiative, Rebalancing Regional and Remote Australia, has been proposed by an international team of experts to tackle climate change while fostering sustainable community development. Led by Dr. Alberto Troccoli of the World Energy & ...
22 October 2024 - Our world faces a convergence of complex, interconnected challenges. Climate change, biodiversity loss, armed conflicts, rising inequality, and mass migrations of humans and animals are combining to create a global polycrisis. The wealth of scientific knowledge ...
