1990-1991 - The First Global Revolution

At the suggestion of its new President, Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner, the Club spent 1990 re- examining the world situation and reassessing its own mission in the context of turbulent global changes. A membership consultation was launched and responses discussed intensively at meetings in Moscow and Santander. The outcome was the first report of the Club of Rome (rather than to), entitled The First Global Revolution, written by Alexander King and Bertrand Schneider and published in 1991 in 19 countries.

The Report redefined the Club’s priority concerns: development, the environment, governance, education and ethical values. It clearly set out the aims, strategies and initiatives for the future of the Club of Rome. In particular, it marked a turning point by putting special emphasis on the “resolutique” — on possible ways of responding to aspects of the predicament of humankind — and hence on action and concrete results, as well as reflection.

After the collapse of Communism, National Associations were established across Eastern Europe (associations already existed in Poland and Russia). Throughout the 1990s, associations were also created in Latin America (Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela) and meetings were held in Buenos Aires, Bogotá and Punta del Este.