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The Jena Declaration on Sustainability

The Jena Declaration on Sustainability

07 September 2021 - The Club of Rome joins an international network to call for a strategy change to achieve the UN sustainable development goals. Top-down measures to tackle global challenges, which have dominated policy-making so far, do not take sufficient account...

We must act now to deal with the planetary emergency

We must act now to deal with the planetary emergency

10 August 2021 - The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released on 9 August, provides new estimates of the chances of crossing the global warming level of 1.5°C in the next decades, and finds that unless there are immediate, rapid and...

Sustainable Finance Strategy Lacks Urgency

Sustainable Finance Strategy Lacks Urgency

06 July 2021 - According to the Club of Rome, the latest European Commission finance strategy – "Strategy for Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy" – does not go far enough to change Europe’s financial system to support the transformation of the economy...

G7: Value the future, stop crowd-funding catastrophe

G7: Value the future, stop crowd-funding catastrophe

10 June 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic has shocked the world and brought immense suffering and economic chaos. A resilient, net-zero, nature-positive global economy[1] will be a critical driver of human health, well-being and prosperity[2] and must be at the heart of a...

Press Release: Fund Nature, Fund the Future

Press Release: Fund Nature, Fund the Future

09 June 2021 - New Vivid Economics research shows how the EU’s recovery plans are missing a triple win opportunity for nature, climate and the economy 9th June, 2021 – New analysis released today from Vivid Economics, examining the EU Member States’ COVID-19...

Press Release – EU Climate Taxonomy Not Fit for 55

Press Release – EU Climate Taxonomy Not Fit for 55

21 April 2021 - After many months of intensive lobbying and several months of delay, the final criteria to determine economic activities that contribute significantly to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as part of the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy, has...

New Report to the Club of Rome: The Empty Sea

New Report to the Club of Rome: The Empty Sea

04 March 2021 - The “Blue Economy” is used to describe all of the economic activities related to the sea, with a special emphasis on sustainability. Traditional activities such as fisheries, but also undersea mining, tourism, and scientific research are included, as...

Press Release – EU Climate Taxonomy Not Fit for 55

Hedge Funds versus Visionary Leaders

25 February 2021 - by Sandrine Dixson-Declѐve, Owen Gaffney, Michael Dorsey, Hunter Lovins, Andrea Soccorso, John Fullerton and Andrew Rodriguez Fans of transformative corporate action and business models to enhance health, planetary and human wellbeing have...

Robert Heuberger – In Memoriam

Robert Heuberger – In Memoriam

03 February 2021 - The Club of Rome is very sad learning about the passing of Mr. Robert Heuberger at the blessed age of 99 years. His family, Winterthur and the world are losing a great friend. The Club of Rome was greatly privileged enjoying Robert Heubergers...

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