After the summer break and the recent elections, the Club of Rome – Austrian Chapter (CoR-AT) is starting the new term with a renewed board and fresh momentum. We look forward to regularly sharing updates on our activities, events, and key focus areas in the future.
On July 8, we presented the Earth4All Austria report at the Vienna Climate Biennale together with artists and our special guests Leonore Gewessler and Anders Wijkman.
Part 2 of our follow-up report on the event on poverty turnaround on April 2, 2024: There is an urgent need for action on sustainable solutions to the debt issue and the economic-ecological-social transition in low-income countries. The complex topics were illuminated in two discussion rounds with various experts.
Our speakers and panelists next Friday promise an event with numerous different perspectives on the topic of empowerment. The focus will be on more stable societies, gender equality in leadership positions and a new conceptualization of education as well as diverse social power relations.
Countries with greater equality achieve better results in areas such as education, social mobility, life expectancy, mental and physical health, and decreasing crime rates. Even the wealthiest individuals benefit from higher well-being for all.
In order to lift billions of people in countries of the Global South out of poverty, a transformation of the international financial architecture and global trade agreements is needed. If Austria is to position itself in this regard, it will have to work on systemic solutions.
On May 17, the public event on the last turnaround – the reduction of gender inequality – will be followed by the turnaround Empowerment (of women).
The empowering turnaround of the Club of Rome’s latest report “Earth for All” focuses ongender equality. It is a central challenge for socially just, but … Read More ›
Global poverty is certainly the most urgent global problem at present. Combating it is not only a prerequisite for individual well-being and peaceful coexistence, but also for a successful climate policy strategy.
On April 2, we will address another complex topic – the reduction of global poverty – the turnaround poverty