Club de Madrid Articles

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’

Accelerating SDG Progress Through Financing of Triangular Cooperation

Sep 20, 2024

UN Member States reaffirmed their commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, emphasizing the importance of triangular cooperation and adequate financing to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

A Diverse Group of Leaders and Personalities will Represent Club de Madrid at the UN General Assembly

Sep 18, 2024

Club de Madrid Members participated in UNGA 79, focusing on multilateral agenda and future-oriented initiatives

Michelle Bachelet visits Honduras to promote women’s political participation

Aug 21, 2024

During her visit she promoted women’s political participation and combat gender-based violence, supported by Spain’s Ellas+ programme and UN Women.

Experts meeting paves way to Imperial Springs International Forum 2019

Aug 6, 2019

A delegation of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM) led by President Danilo Türk met for this year's...

Helen Clark and Laura Chinchilla propose ways to achieving SDGs at High-Level Political Forum

Jul 31, 2019

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed upon by UN Member States, but these are not the only key players...

Thinley calls on including all in economic policy-making

Jul 18, 2019

Jigme Thinley, the former Prime Minister of Bhutan, led a Shared Societies mission between 11-14 June in London...

Laura Chinchilla advocates for inclusive migration in Dominican Republic

Jun 24, 2019

The Vice President of WLA-CdM led a mission to the Dominican Republic between 9 and 12 June aimed at promoting...

Technology can foster equality, says Member Lagos

Jun 17, 2019

Member of World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM), Ricardo Lagos, spoke at a seminar organized by the...

UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel calls for global cooperation around digital technologies

Jun 11, 2019

The Panel, of which the objective is to examine how digital technologies can contribute to achieving theAgenda2030, has a total of 20 members, representing experts from government, private industry, civil society, academia and the technical community.