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. This is the first...
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, global economic and...
The Planetary Emergency Plan 2.0, updated to include insights from the covid-19 global pandemic, makes the case that we are unequivocally in the midst of a planetary emergency. The plan provides ten commitments to protect the global commons and public goods as well...
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. COVID-19 has caused humanity's Ecological Footprint to contract, pushing the date of Earth Overshoot Day...
COVID-19 has caused humanity's Ecological Footprint to contract, pushing the date of Earth Overshoot Day back more than three weeks compared to last year. The challenge of relaunching our economies presents countries with a unique chance to act on the future we want....
The Club of Rome & Global Footprint Network look forward to hosting a (virtual) European launch event on the occasion of Earth Overshoot Day - Register here. About this Event Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and...
Will Peoples’ Responses to the Emergencies of the Coming Decades be Warm? Or Cold? by Nora Bateson & Mamphela Ramphele; First published in Medium.com The crises of the moment do not need further description here. Suffice to say that the complexity of the...
An open letter calling on global leaders to "stop pretending that we can solve the climate- and ecological crisis without treating it as a crisis" has been signed by various members of the Club of Rome, including Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Hunter Lovins, John...
One year after the launch of the Planetary Emergency Plan during the London Climate Action Week 2019, the Club of Rome, Potsdam Institute, WWF and Planetary Emergency Partners reflect on the 'Emergence from Emergency' narrative in a post-COVID context and celebrate...
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 past 15...
