19 May 2023 - Can you tell us a bit about yourself? How did you get involved in systems transformation work? I am 33 years old, I was born in Argentina and from a very young age, I decided that I wanted to work to help change our current global systems. I studied...
17 May 2023 - I want to start by giving credit to Ursula Van Der Leyen and her exemplary leadership. With the support of this house she has steered Europe through a global pandemic, towards a European Green Deal and steered Europe’s response to an ongoing war in...
17 May 2023 - Honourable Members, Ladies and Gentlemen, Indeed, if we look back, a little over 50 years ago, The Club of Rome and a group of MIT researchers published The Limits to Growth report. It mapped the interaction between population growth, the economy and the...
15 May 2023 - There is growing interest from policymakers globally in the adoption of new indicators that go beyond GDP, foster greater wellbeing and enable people to thrive within environmental limits. Today’s polycrisis is raising awareness that the current economic...
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...
02 May 2023 - Do forests create rain? It is a question that has been debated for a long time. We know that trees produce huge amounts of water vapor that is pumped from humidity in the ground and condensed into clouds that generate rain, but the mechanisms that govern...
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...
24 April 2023 - We are facing a plethora of environmental emergencies. In addition to climate change, human activity is also negatively impacting the Earth’s soil and waterways through chemical pollution, urbanisation and the ever growing reach of industrial...
14 April 2023 - If humans are to survive and thrive, organizations must learn to become regenerative – a shift that will be nothing short of a rebirth for many, argues Carlos Álvarez Pereira of the Club of Rome. Here he offers advice on how to begin the...
12 April 2023 - The fact that the IPCC incorporates in its core business, risks of failure to the Earth system and to human civilisation, that we would not accept in our own lives, raises fundamental questions about the efficacy of the whole IPCC project. If low risks...
