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Youth thoughts for catalysing a human revolution

27 October 2025

By Lucy Plummer, Soka Gakkai International representative to the UN for Youth Engagement, with contributions from Louis Peters, Kerrin Heba Massarueh and Hemavathi S. Shekhar

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The foundational thinking behind system-level investing 

20 October 2025

By Andrea Caloisi, Researcher at Thinking Ahead Institute

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We are at a fork in the road. Will we choose solidarity over fear?

16 October 2025

By Carlos Alvarez Pereira, Secretary General of the Club of Rome, and Katherine Milligan, Visiting Lecturer at Geneva Graduate Institute and elea Fellow at IMD Business School

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Not a new partner, but a focus on alignment

6 October 2025

By Vinit Jain, Design and Sustainability Practitioner; Chair, Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion; Board Member, Rantai Textile Lestari. 

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Youth and transformation in Kenya: highlights from the Nairobi Hub workshop

12 September 2025

By Japheth Orieny, Nairobi Hub Coordinator at The 50 Percent, and Matias Lara, Project Lead and Co-Director of The 50 Percent

Equipping young leaders with systems literacy

10 September 2025

By Daniel Daruty de Grandpré, Programme Assistant at The Fifth Element and Brilliant Chepkirui, Youth Climate Leader

Youth protest against climate change. Group of multicultural youth activists carrying posters and banners while marching against global warming. Happy young people joining the global climate strike.

Unlocking impressive youth potential amidst significant challenges for an equitable future

10 July 2025

By Nolita Mvunelo, Principal of Cultural Transformations at The Club of Rome

No Limits to Learning

24 April 2025

John Fullerton, member of The Club of Rome, founder and president of Capital Institute

When human innovation and nature’s processes become one

11 February 2025

Interview with Nadja Skaljic, member of The Club of Rome

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The path to planetary reconciliation—an opportunity for Switzerland

27 January 2025

By Carlos Álvarez Pereira, Secretary General of the Club of Rome