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...
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Visionary strategy aims to transform Australia into a global carbon sink through sustainable regional and remote communities
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...
Harnessing science to tackle global crises
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...
The economics of water: Valuing the hydrological cycle as a global common good
22 October 2024 - Honorary President of The Club of Rome, Mamphela Ramphele, is one of the commissioners of the recently published report, The Economics of Water: Valuing the Hydrological Cycle as a Global Common Good. The report, developed by the Global Commission on...
Earth for All Germany: Towards a future for all
14 October 2024 - In the midst of numerous crises and intensified social debates, we seem to be faced with a choice: Do we save the German economy, do we ensure a dignified life for all or do we stop climate change? In their new book "Earth for All Germany: Towards a...
Causing environmental damage should be a criminal offence, say 72% of people in G20 countries surveyed
06 September 2024 - Across G20 countries surveyed*, 72% of people agree that approving or permitting actions which cause serious damage to nature and the climate should be a criminal offence. 59% are very or extremely worried about the state of nature today. 69%...
How Sub-Saharan Africa can achieve the SDGs by 2100: A new report by Earth4All
04 September 2024 - In advance of the UN Summit of the Future, Earth4All has released a new report detailing two possible futures for Sub-Saharan Africa this century. The report, "SDGs for All: Africa," uses Earth4All’s state-of-the-art system dynamics model to chart...
Call for world action on multiple threats
01 August 2024 - Humanity is facing its greatest emergency, a crisis consisting of many, interlinked, catastrophic risks, the Roundtable on the Human Future has declared. At present humanity has no way to deal with such a crisis – and a global plan of action is...
Earth Overshoot Day 2024 falls on August 1st
30 July 2024 - August 1st marks Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity’s demand on nature’s resources surpasses Earth’s capacity to regenerate them for the given year. This day is calculated by Global Footprint Network, the international sustainability...
A new vision for Austria: From Too Little Too Late to a Giant Leap for sustainability
08 July 2024 - A new report shows that by simultaneously implementing “five extraordinary turnarounds” poverty and inequality could be significantly reduced in Austria, while transforming the economy to promote the wellbeing of Austrian society and the health of our...