Recent years have witnessed unprecedented turmoil affecting both human and planetary well-being. Climate change, coupled with challenges such as war, poverty, digitalization, and inequality, has created a global crisis that demands immediate, decisive, and collective action. Critical to addressing...
Club de Madrid Secretary General Visits Abu Dhabi to Strengthen Engagement with UAE
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10 April 2024. Club de Madrid, the independent, non-partisan, non-profit organisation created to promote good governance, global cooperation, dialogue and advocacy on issues of global concern, embarked on a visit to strengthen its relationship with the United Arab...
Michelle Bachelet becomes Vice-President of Club de Madrid and Moussa Mara joins the Board of Directors
The former President of Chile and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights takes over from Laura Chinchilla at the world’s largest forum of former democratic presidents and prime ministers, which Sanna Marin also joined in April 2024
Petrostates Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance
If COP28 is to be judged a success, the UAE, as the summit’s host, and other hydrocarbon producers should promise to dedicate some of the windfall oil and gas profits they earned last year to accelerating the green transition in the Global South. Doing so could encourage historic and current emitters to pay their fair share
The state of democracy in Latin America: Opportunities and challenges
With the aim of learning about the situation of democracy in Latin America and highlighting the opportunities for cooperation between CELAC-EU and the USA, a meeting will be held on 27 October, with the participation of Francisco Sagasti, President of Peru (2020-2021).
Coups d’etat in West Africa: How to stop the spiral?
In less than three years, five countries in West Africa and the Sahel have experienced putsches and attempted military coups
Club de Madrid will be present at the United Nations General Assembly in New York
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) will also be a key stepping stone for the Club de Madrid’s Annual Policy Dialogue 2023 (APD23), scheduled to take place in November in Brazil under the title ‘Rethinking Social Development for People and Planet’
Strengthening multilateralism through relations between Europe and the Americas
On September 22, the event ‘Spain: A Driver for Broadened Transatlantic Relations' will be held at the Baha'i...
The 21st Meeting of the High-Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP)
The 21st Meeting of the High Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP), in collaboration with the...
Special Session on the Creation of the International Anti Corruption Court
As part of the Club de Madrid's mission to fight corruption, CdM is joining forces with Integrity Initiatives...
Women’s Political Leadership: A Human Rights Issue
Women are powerful agents of change, and the wider benefits of diversity and gender parity in leadership and...
A Breakthrough for People and Planet: Presentation of the Report of the HLAB
In 2022, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres brought together a group of 12 leading figures from the fields of...