The Club of Rome's New Malthusianism-Lite Report No overpopulation doom but humanity is still at risk by overstepping planetary boundaries. Reason · Apr 6, 2023
World ‘population bomb’ may never go off as feared, finds study Population likely to peak sooner and lower than expected with beneficial results – but environment is priority The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2023
At Davos, a sidelined club laments tax 'hypocrisy' as the richest talk climate instead The Club of Rome, which became famous in the early 1970s for sounding the alarm bell on the planet’s “limits to growth," is sidelined from the event this year. Fortune · Jan 16, 2023
Global population hits 8 billion, but per-capita consumption is still the main problem The world population has just hit a new record: 8 billion. As is often the case, there are heated debates about the planet’s so-called “carrying capacity” – the total number of people who can live on Earth sustainably. Experts are generally divided into two camps. There are those who argue… The Conversation · Nov 15, 2022
Solutions by the people, for the people Policy-making at all levels has to become more inclusive and less dominated by the powerful and the wealthy, while a paradigm shift is needed in problem solving at global and national levels The Hindu · Oct 11, 2022
Achieving 'Earth for All' will take collective effort In 1972, the United Nations held its first-ever environmental summit in Stockholm. In the run-up to the event, a group of scientists wrote The Limits to Growth, a report for the Club of Rome that became an unlikely bestseller. Bangkok Post · Jul 18, 2022
Have we hit the limits to growth? Fifty years ago this spring, one of the most influential books of the twentieth century was published. Written for the Club of Rome by Donella Meadows and colleagues at MIT, The Limits to Growth used new computer models to forecast an uncontrollable collapse in the global population and economy if… Bangkok Post · May 22, 2022