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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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...
New foresight report identifies urgent policy actions needed to put SDGs back on track
14 September 2023 - Ahead of the UN’s SDG Summit (18-19 September), ground-breaking analyses shows how by enacting five ‘extraordinary turnarounds’ SDGs implementation can be accelerated. Earth4All, an international team of economists and scientists, provide solutions...
Rich nations need to commit to a new global financial pact
15 June 2023 - Over 25 economists and thought leaders are concerned that the summit for a new global financing pact, which takes place in Paris on 22 and 23 June, will not deliver its original ambition of increasing financial solidarity with low-income countries. When...
A post-growth Europe critical to survive and thrive, urge over 400 civil society groups and experts
15 May 2023 - Open Letter published all over Europe on day 1 of the European Parliament's Beyond Growth Conference As political leaders gather for a second conference at the European Parliament on how to move “beyond growth”, we, the undersigned academics and civil...
A new generational contract
27 April 2023 - The Club of Rome and the St. Gallen Symposium are launching an initiative aimed at addressing the pressing issues of today by embracing the energy of all generations for leadership towards regenerative futures. The New Generational Contract is a...
How to make COP fit to deliver real climate action?
28 February 2023 - With an agreement on loss and damage, COP27 marked the end of negotiations on all essential components of the global climate agreement. It is now time to shift gear. The current COP and Presidency leadership process cannot deliver climate action at...
New G7 research shows overwhelming public support for nations to act on and invest in solutions to the climate crisis
08 November 2022 - The climate crisis is a greater concern than the cost of living or an increase in armed conflicts across the G7 group of industrial nations, according to major new research. Despite the threat of recession and facing steep rises in the cost of food...
The Club of Rome Annual Conference 2022
07 November 2022 - Shifting from The Limits to Growth to Global Equity for a Healthy Planet: How do we ensure transformational governance? 4-5 December 2022 Hybrid- University for Peace and Online Ciudad Colón, San José Province, Costa Rica 2022 marked the 50th...