Club of Rome
| Founded | 1968 by Aurelio Peccei, Alexander King, Hasan Özbekhan and Alexander Christakis
Co-Presidents: Sandrine Dixson-Declève and Paul Shrivastava |
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| Type | Non-profit NGO |
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| Fields | Global warming, well-being, humanitarian challenges |
Key people | Presidents:
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| Award | Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (October 14, 1973) |
| Website | ClubOfRome.org |
The Club of Rome is a nonprofit, informal organization of intellectuals and business leaders whose goal is a critical discussion of pressing global issues. The Club of Rome was founded in 1968 at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, Italy. At least until the early 2000s, the 'main club' has allegedly been limited to one hundred members, often selected from current and former heads of state and government, UN administrators, high-level politicians, diplomats, scientists, economists, and business leaders from around the globe. It stimulated considerable public attention in 1972 with the first report to the Club of Rome, The Limits to Growth. Since 1 July 2008, the organization has been based in Winterthur, Switzerland.