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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

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Time of the Great Learning

17 January 2025

David Korten, member of The Club of Rome and President of the Living Economies Forum

A boy with binoculars looking over a an edited background made up of flowers and a bird.

Science for a second chance on earth? 

25 November 2024

By Carlos Alvarez Pereira, Secretary General of The Club of Rome and Member of the Steering Committee of The Earth-Humanity Coalition (EHC)

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Learning as co-creation

25 November 2024

Interview with Karima Kadaoui, member of The Club of Rome and Co-Founder of the Tamkeen Community Foundation for Human Development

Lighthouse by the sea

Learning for change

6 November 2024

Interview with Tom Cummings, advisor, entrepreneur, and member of The Club of Rome

Nora Bateson speaking into a microphone

Living systems change

30 October 2024

Interview with Nora Bateson, member of The Club of Rome and Founder of the International Bateson Institute

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The Fifth Element: A global mission for self-liberation

24 October 2024

By Nolita Mvunelo, Raad Sharar, Carlos Alvarez Pereira, members of the Fifth Element initiative