World Leaders Call for Urgent Action on Democratic AI Governance at UNGA80
26 September, 2025
At the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80), RegulatingAI and Club de Madrid convened former presidents, prime ministers, global policymakers, and innovation leaders for a high-level Roundtable on “Democratic AI Governance.” The dialogue went beyond discussion—issuing a clear call for urgent, rights-based AI governance frameworks that prevent misuse, safeguard democracy, and ensure AI benefits all humanity.
World leaders call for permanent polluter profit tax to fund climate action
26 September, 2025
A coalition of nearly 40 former heads of state and government have called on governments around the world to adopt a permanent polluter profit tax on fossil fuel companies to finance urgent climate action. The open letter argues that fossil fuel companies must contribute their fair share to fund the global energy transition and address climate damages.
Prof Yunus invited to join Club de Madrid
25 September, 2025
President of the Club de Madrid and former President of Slovenia, Danilo Türk, met Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus in New York on Wednesday. During their meeting at his hotel, Danilo Türk extended an invitation to Prof Yunus to become a member of the organisation, said Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder.
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Former world leaders call for fossil fuel taxes to fund global climate action
24 September, 2025
In an open letter published Tuesday, 36 former presidents and prime ministers representing everywhere from Sweden to the Seychelles urged governments to adopt “polluter profit taxes” that would hold oil, gas and coal companies financially accountable for the damage caused by their emissions. The group, organised by the Club de Madrid, said these taxes are necessary to accelerate the shift to renewable energy and provide funds for the people hit hardest by climate disasters worldwide.
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Boric anuncia la candidatura de Bachelet para liderar la ONU: “Una figura capaz de tender puentes entre el norte y el sur”
24 September, 2025
De ser electa, la dos veces presidenta de Chile y Vice Presidenta de Club de Madrid se convertiría en la primera mujer en asumir la Secretaría General del organismo, en sus 80 años de historia – Esta semana, la expresidenta viajó a Nueva York en calidad de vicepresidenta del Club de Madrid para participar en foros y reuniones, pero también acompañó en algunas actividades a Boric durante su participación en la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas. Se sentaron juntos en el plenario, este martes, y sostuvieron una reunión en privado, junto con el canciller Alberto van Klaveren, el lunes.
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Secretaría general de la ONU: Bachelet intensifica agenda en Nueva York en antesala de 80ª asamblea del organismo
22 September, 2025
Este paso de Bachelet por Norteamérica tendrá un cariz especial. La exmandataria, quien llega en representación del Club de Madrid, figura como uno de los nombres aspectados para suceder al portugués António Guterres en la Secretaría General de la ONU, quien encabezará su última Asamblea General antes de que se oficialicen todas las candidaturas.
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RegulatingAI and Club de Madrid
19 September, 2025
RegulatingAI will co-host the Roundtable on Democratic Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance for Global Peace and Prosperity in in-partnership with Club de Madrid at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly 80th Session (UNGA80) in New York on September 23, 2025.
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Media Advisory: Oxfam at UNGA80
18 September, 2025
OXFAM JOINT EVENT: Taxation for Fair Climate Finance; partnering with Club de Madrid and Global Solidarity Levies Taskforce. This panel will bring together current and former government leaders, civil society voices, and international experts to explore the opportunities, political momentum, and pathways for advancing fair climate financing at the national level and the international level, including in the negotiations of the UN Tax Convention.
TIME: 2-4pm | LOCATION: OASIS by Workville, 315 W 35th Street, Floor 15 | LINK TO REGISTER: Taxation for Fair Climate Financing
Migration Is the Key to Global Prosperity
16 September, 2025
Carlos Alvarado Quesada & Katrina Burgess | In many democracies nowadays, migration is discussed in visceral, emotional terms that bear little resemblance to reality. If that does not change, the future costs of mismanaging the issue will fall on everyone – not least the world’s aging, fiscally strained democracies.
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Sundeep Waslekar alerta del riesgo de una III Guerra Mundial promovida por “un algoritmo”
15 September, 2025
Propone “un Contrato Social Global” inspirado en Rousseau, según explica Waslekar (Mumbai, 1959) en su libro ‘Un mundo sin Guerras’, presentado en Casa Asia por invitación del Club de Madrid, que reúne a ex jefes de Estado y académicos para promover la democracia.
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Exclusive Interview | Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark: How to break the vicious cycle of global crisis?
10 September, 2025
As a member of the Club de Madrid, Clark and several former leaders recently launched an open letter calling on global leaders to reaffirm their commitment to the UN Charter and establish a more inclusive and representative mechanism to address today’s common challenges.
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Riohacha marcó agenda mundial con la XV Cumbre del Foro sobre Migración
8 September, 2025
El Club de Madrid presentó un informe que muestra cómo la migración impulsa la economía y el desarrollo social. “Con datos confiables y evidencia científica se puede contrarrestar la desinformación y construir políticas a favor de la movilidad humana”, señalaron sus voceros. Asimismo, se resaltó que a finales de 2024 más de 123 millones de personas en el mundo fueron desplazadas forzosamente, reforzando el llamado a soluciones regionales y sostenibles.
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Colombia | Cancillería de Colombia lidera debates globales sobre migración en la XV Cumbre Mundial en Riohacha
4 September, 2025
El informe del Club de Madrid recordó con contundencia que la migración, lejos de ser una amenaza, es un motor de desarrollo económico y social cuando se sustenta en datos reales y políticas responsables.
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Carlos Alvarado promueve fortalecimiento de la democracia, equidad de género y protección del medio ambiente en Guatemala
20 August, 2025
Como parte de sus funciones del Club de Madrid, Carlos Alvarado, expresidente de Costa Rica, se reunió con el actual mandatario de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo este lunes.
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Bernardo Arévalo y expresidente Carlos Alvarado destacan cooperación democrática en encuentro en Guatemala
19 August, 2025
Durante la cita dialogaron sobre gobernanza democrática, protección del ambiente y promoción de políticas de igualdad de género
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World’s ex-leaders worry about inequality
10 July, 2025
Over 40 world leaders, including former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, have called for a “powerful shift” in world economic policy “to address rising threats of poverty, disparity and environmental breakdown,” in reaction to the news that the next fifty years could see the emergence of the world’s first trillionaires while the majority of the world face destitution. In an open letter sent by the Club de Madrid group, a conference of former Prime Ministers and Presidents, they correctly identify that the world’s economic model is “outdated,” and that, “trillions of dollars exist for financing development – but too much public money is captured by private power,” calling for taxation on high-net-worth individuals.
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FfD4 special edition: The key takeaways from four days in Sevilla
8 July, 2025
From June 30 to July 3, government heads, business leaders, and U.N. reps pushed new initiatives on debt, aid, and development finance — setting the norms, or at least, the hopes, for the next 10 years.
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Luces y sombras de la cumbre de Sevilla: “Una conferencia de hombres con resultados sobre todo para hombres”
7 July, 2025
España y ONU mujeres presentan una iniciativa de financiación con perspectiva de género, respaldada ya por más de 15 gobiernos y más de 20 organizaciones internacionales para sumar miles de millones de dólares al PIB mundial
