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The Club of Rome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Donald R. Lesh
Affiliation:
Executive Director, USA Association of the Club of Rome, 1525 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20036USA. Telephone (202) 745–7115.

Extract

The Club of Rome is limited to 100 persons around the world, representing more than 35 countries, and a very wide spectrum of experiences, professions, backgrounds, and views.

With such a small organization, it should be obvious that its power – if, indeed, it has any power – derives not from the size of its membership or the imposing structure of the institution supporting it, for there is none. To the extent that The Club of Rome exerts any power, it is the power of ideas to more individuals, societies, and governments. And that is precisely what The Club of Rome has styled itself as a catalyst of ideas. (See references.)

The members of The Club of Rome around the world represent no single social, political, economic, geographic, or ideological viewpoint. But they are united in the belief that the societies and governments can, and must, do a much better job of preparing themselves to deal effectively with the multiple crises that many agree are emerging on the global horizon.

Type
Part III: International Organizations - Planning - Disaster Events
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1985

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References

1. Meadows, DH, Meadows, DI, Rambers, J et al. The lirmts to growth. A Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind. New York: Universe Publ., 1972.Google Scholar
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3. Pecei, A. Future in our hands. W Germany, F Molden Publ., 1981.Google Scholar