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As part of our ongoing series highlighting pivotal works released in 2025, we turn our attention to a foundational resource designed for the next generation of global stewards. The Young Person’s Guide to Systems Change, produced by The 50 Percent, a platform for young leaders supported by The Club of Rome, serves as both a manifesto and a practical toolkit for navigating the complexities of current times.
We are delighted to share The Fifth Element’s 2025 activity report. The Fifth Element’s work is “rooted in a simple but urgent conviction: that bridging the human gap between our capacity to act and our ability to understand the consequences of that action is the defining challenge of our time.” The report covers last year’s key developments and learnings across The Fifth Element’s threads of work.
We are excited to share the second paper of The Fifth Element’s discussion paper series: 'The unitive science of a living universe' by Jude Currivan, associate member of the Club of Rome and co-founder of WholeWorld-View.
Continuing our series highlighting publications from 2025, we focus on a paper that challenges the conventional pursuit of "solutions" and instead invites a deeper inquiry into the questions we ask about our future, taking us through how systemic transitions can happen. 'Dancing with Paradigms—Could Systemic Wisdom Emerge?' - the first paper in the The Fifth Element's inaugural discussion paper series last year, is aimed at redefining how we approach global transformation.
The Club of Rome is inviting applications for its 2026 Communications Fellowship, a seven-month remote mentoring programme (1 July 2026 – 31 January 2027) designed to diversify voices in sustainability and support early-career professionals from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. The communications fellow will gain experience in communicating complex systems thinking for non-specialist audiences through a variety of platforms including the website, multimedia and social media.