27 October 2021 - We are at a unique moment in history – a decisive decade where failure to act risks crossing irreversible Earth tipping points. The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is seen as a critical summit to accelerate action towards the...
15 September 2021 - The global pandemic that has been ravaging the world for the past two years has brought about unprecedented change, but also presents valuable opportunities for building back a more resilient and sustainable world. The Club of Rome calls on the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
22 April 2021 - Humanity is now the largest driver of change on Earth. To minimize risk of climate change and biodiversity loss, this next decade must see the fastest economic transformation in history and at a global scale. How does economic thinking accommodate...
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...
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...
