22 September 2020 - The Club of Rome has launched a new policy brief on 21st Century Wellbeing Economics and its role in EU recovery. Today leaders across Europe will be alerted to the benefits of well-being economics as an anchor for recovery, renewal and resilience....
17 September 2020 - COVID-19 is a horrible global crisis. Yet, like previous horrible global crises, including WWI and WWII, it also presents an opportunity and an obligation to rebuild our global society to adapt to changing conditions. The question is: what kind of...
02 September 2020 - Global Youth Summit & Engagement Applications and Nominations are open It is undeniable that we are in the midst of an unprecedented time in global history. Our planetary boundaries are approaching and, in some cases, surpassed their limits,...
20 August 2020 - Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. COVID-19 has caused humanity's Ecological Footprint to contract, pushing the date of Earth...
18 August 2020 - COVID-19 has caused humanity's Ecological Footprint to contract, pushing the date of Earth Overshoot Day back more than three weeks compared to last year. The challenge of relaunching our economies presents countries with a unique chance to act on the...
17 August 2020 - The Club of Rome & Global Footprint Network look forward to hosting a (virtual) European launch event on the occasion of Earth Overshoot Day - Register here. About this Event Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological...
23 July 2020 - Will Peoples’ Responses to the Emergencies of the Coming Decades be Warm? Or Cold? by Nora Bateson & Mamphela Ramphele; First published in Medium.com The crises of the moment do not need further description here. Suffice to say that the complexity...
17 July 2020 - An open letter calling on global leaders to "stop pretending that we can solve the climate- and ecological crisis without treating it as a crisis" has been signed by various members of the Club of Rome, including Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Hunter Lovins,...
12 July 2020 - One year after the launch of the Planetary Emergency Plan during the London Climate Action Week 2019, the Club of Rome, Potsdam Institute, WWF and Planetary Emergency Partners reflect on the 'Emergence from Emergency' narrative in a post-COVID context...
10 July 2020 - Our human species has lived on this earth for about 15,000 generations. Until 1750 there was essentially no growth in GDP per person. For 300,000 years average people experienced no overall improvement in welfare during their lifetimes. Only during the...
