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The Club of Rome Climate Emergency Plan
Members of the Club of Rome
Published by the Club or Rome, December 2018
Introduction
The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
report on the impact of 1.5 °C and 2°C warming above pre-industrial levels sends a stark
reminder to humanity about the existential threat posed by climate change. To
avoid the worst of the predicted outcomes, global carbon emissions must be
cut by half by 2030, to zero by 2050. This is an unprecedented task, requiring a
reduction rate of at least 7% annually; no country has to date achieved more
than 1.5%. The only possible response is emergency action that will transform
human social, economic and financial systems.
To put the situation into historical perspective, the Club of Rome alerted the world
to the environmental and demographic challenges ahead as long as fifty years ago. The
central message of
The Limits to Growth – A Report to the Club of Rome published in
1972, was that the quest for unlimited growth in population, material goods and resources,
on a finite planet, would eventually result in the collapse of its economic and environmental
systems. Unfortunately, it seems this prediction is beginning to materialize and will
escalate, unless humanity radically changes course.
Together with the mass extinction of species and the rise of inequality within
and between nations, climate change is human society’s most pressing global challenge.
Until recently, it was seen as a future threat; but today, increasing climate chaos is a reality
affecting the lives of millions. In the 21st Century, it will dictate the long-term prosperity
and security of nations and of the entire planet, more than any other issue. With this
emergency paper, the Club of Rome is attempting to respond to the direct calls for action
from citizens around the world, and to formulate a plan that will meet suitably ambitious
reduction targets and ensure climate stability.
Acceptance of this reality will create the basis for a societal renaissance of
unprecedented proportions. This is the vision the Club of Rome and its partners offer - a
positive future where global inequalities are dramatically reduced, well-being rather than
growth is the economic norm, and harmony is reached between humans and nature.
Our historical recognition of the existential nature of this threat, the need for an
emergency response, and the opportunity such planning can present, is the unique
contribution which the Club of Rome wishes to bring to this debate. We are calling on
governments, business leaders, the science community, NGOs and citizens to rise to
the challenge of climate action, so that our species can survive and create thriving
civilizations in balance with planetary boundaries.
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