Club Of Rome

The club of Rome is an independant non-profit organisation with an international membership. It draws on the insights and expertise of the members from all regions of the world from different fields of science and public policy,academic,civil society and corporate sector. Basically, it is a think tank consisting of members from all the sectors of the society.

Personalities from all over the worldgathered in Rome from 14th to 17th of June,2008. To present their ideas on the critical globe issues of the 21st century and to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Club of Rome and the cemetary of one of the two founding members,the Italian industrialist and humanist, Aurelio Pescei.

Ninety members,representing thirty three National Associations. Experts and distinguished guests joined in reviewing the global activities of the club and establishing the guidelines for the future,critical issues like ever changing trends in the society was the main subject of discussion. They also considered strategies and lines of action to stimulate the changes in values,thinking and behaviour which are urgently needed to reduce the growing threats to the future of humanity and the life support system of the planet Earth.
The focus was on ecosystem crisis degradation of environment,the urgent need to move towards a low carbon economy, to advert the unpredictable change in the climate, the challenge of globlalisation and the vulnerability it has caused to the economic and financial system.

The members of the club very aptly identified the issues and the policy option which they had initially presented in 1972,which now in 2008,proved to be more real and threatening. They will now intensify their activities and collaboration with experts and institutions across the world to prepare proposals for the critical challenge the 21st century is undergoing.
The participants identified a number of key elements of the new approached needed to tackle and master the global challenges like, It is increasingly clear that the old ideas are not adequent enough to manage the deep challenges and risks the present and the future generations are going to face. The values,the concepts and the thinking which drive the present pattern to be restructured and new adaptation of policy is required to meet the challenge and risk ahead. There is a need to act more effectively to correct the undulying causes of visible and current problems such as the surge in the prices of oil and food throughout the world. To react succesively to a series of urgent symptoms cannot achieve lasting solutions. New multidissiplinary thinking, and new partnerships and institutional architecture are needed at every level. The participants agreed that humanity has never had greater capabilities to choose a decent future for all. New patterns of educations,thoughtful leadership,creativity and innovation can overcome the challenge ahead if there is the will focus sustained attention and to devote the neccessary resources to mobilise the enormous potentials of humanity in time.