The Australian Club of Rome

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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsCommunity organisationsHistoryThe Club of Rome is a global think tank of ‘world citizens’ - Heads of State, UN officials, politicians, scientists, diplomats and economists - established in Rome in 1968 with a gathering instigated by Fiat chairman Aurelio Peccei and Scottish scientist Alexander King. Its declared mission is to identify and analyse problems facing humanity in a holistic fashion and cultivate innovate, long term solutions. Its first report Limits to Growth, published in 1972, became the widest selling environmental book of its time. Its assertion that economic growth was fundamentally linked to a broader ecological context and, as such dependent on the finite availability of natural resources, prompted widespread debate and greatly raised the profile of the organization. The Club of Rome maintains chapters worldwide, with members of the Australian branch consisting of academics, politicians and industrialists.

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The Australian Club of Rome