25 March 2024 - Taikan Oki, member of The Club of Rome, professor at the University of Tokyo and former Assistant Secretary General at the United Nations has won the 2024 Stockholm Water Prize based on his research on the virtual water trade, digital river mapping,...
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The future of humanity depends on enabling everybody’s capacity to learn
14 February 2024 - The Fifth Element programme of The Club of Rome and The World Environmental Education Congress are joining forces to collaborate on a new project, sparked by the 45th anniversary of the report No Limits to Learning. The collaboration will focus on...
New partnership charts a path for systemic change in the EU
24 January 2024 - The Systems Transformation Hub, a pioneering venture designed to drive systemic solutions for Europe, was launched on 24 January 2024 at the European Parliament by a coalition of five thought-leading organisations. This comes at a pivotal time of...
Aenne Burda Award for Sandrine Dixson-Declève
13 January 2024 - Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Co-President of the Club of Rome has been awarded the coveted Aenne Burda Award for Creative Leadership at Burda's international innovation conference DLD in Munich. Since 2006, the Aenne Burda Award for Creative Leadership...
Achieving planetary carbon balance, a must to meet 2050 net zero goals
21 December 2023 - In light of the recent COP28 outcome on transitioning from fossil energy use rather than a firm phase out, over 30 members of The Club of Rome have endorsed an open letter to world leaders and business leaders calling for urgent action to achieve...
Carlos Alvarez Pereira appointed as Secretary General of The Club of Rome
13 December 2023 - The Club of Rome, a platform of diverse thought leaders who identify holistic approaches to complex global issues, has appointed Carlos Alvarez Pereira as its new Secretary General as of 1 January 2024. Previously vice-president of The Club of...
TURFS Consortium launched to transform urban-rural food systems with cities as entry points
11 December 2023 - The Transforming Urban Rural Food Systems (TURFS) Consortium launched its Strategy for Food Systems Transformation at COP28 on ‘Food, Agriculture and Water’ day. TURFS has a carefully developed strategy to empower and support cities to improve the...
The science is clear: we need net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050
05 December 2023 - In response to the debate on whether there is indeed a scientific case for the phase out of fossil fuel energy, world renowned climate scientists have worked around the clock to come together with a unified statement. The link between climate...
Planetary crisis demands immediate global governance overhaul
30 November 2023 - As the 28th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) convened in Dubai, a crucial report by the Climate Governance Commission shed light on the urgent need for transformative changes in global governance to combat the...
Paul Shrivastava appointed as co-president of The Club of Rome
28 November 2023 - The Club of Rome, a platform for leading scientists, economists, policy and business leaders to collaborate and promote leading edge thinking, has elected Paul Shrivastava as its new co-president. This follows the recent Annual General Meeting held...