03 May 2022 - As part of the Earth4All project, collaborators have submitted deep-dive papers to delve further into the issues and solutions needed to transform our economic system and provide an equitable future for all on a finite planet. This paper explores large...
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Limits and Beyond: 50 years on from The Limits to Growth, what did we learn and what’s next?
01 March 2022 - In 1972, a book changed the world. The Club of Rome commissioned a report that shifted how we see what humans are doing to the planet. Looking back five decades later, what happened next, what did we do and not do, what did we learn, and what happens...
Learning New Ways of Becoming Human
10 December 2021 - The two poles of the lemma “Emergence from Emergency” are complementary: while the Emergency calls for immediate actions from existing levels of decision, Emergence is about whole systems change at all levels, and first of all the cultural one. The...
Ecological Civilization: From Emergency to Emergence
22 November 2021 - Drawing on the work and insights of many colleagues and from ongoing conversations, this paper was written in an effort to connect the dots and engage a serious conversation about the causes of the existential crisis we face, while bringing a...
Anchoring Transformation: Policy Anchors for Ensuring a new European Social-Economic Paradigm
15 September 2021 - The second volume in the Club of Rome’s Economic Recovery, Renewal and Resilience Series highlights the need for a step-change towards transformational economic models that move beyond GDP and embrace broader social, environmental and economic...
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...
Towards New Narratives of Hope for Fostering Transformative African Futures
04 January 2021 - In a recent Open letter to Global Leaders, the Club of Rome with 250 partners and other global institutions launched the Planetary Emergency Partnership. This document re-affirmed the reality that the world is facing a Planetary Emergency and that...
A System Change Compass: Implementing the European Green Deal in a time of recovery
23 October 2020 - "A System Change Compass: Implementing the European Green Deal in a time of recovery", co-written by The Club of Rome and SYSTEMIQ, with a foreword by President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen, sets out the guiding principles and systemic...
21st Century Wellbeing Economics: The Road to Recovery, Renewal & Resilience
23 September 2020 - This is the first publication in a global series urging new economic thinking and application in the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic and in preparation for future climate, biodiversity and health crises. It is a direct response to European Commission...
Bildung – Keep Growing
17 June 2020 - Bildung – Keep Growing encourages us to rethink our approach to knowledge exchange, education and life-long learning as anchors for holistic economic and political development at the community, national and global levels. Bildung is a German concept...