CPD had the privilege of hosting Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Co-President of the Club of Rome, for a visit to Australia. As one of the world’s foremost thought leaders on sustainable transformation, Sandrine brought fresh, bold ideas to tackle the most challenging issues of our time – including inequality, energy transition, and declining social cohesion.
During her visit, Sandrine engaged in a number of important conversations with Australian MPs, policymakers, and public servants, advocating for the urgent ‘giant leap’ and ‘five key turnarounds’ that could steer us away from our current, destructive trajectory. Her insights emphasised that the wellbeing of people and the environment must be at the heart of government and economic reforms.
Sandrine’s Australia visit was made possible by the support of CPD’s partners, the Club of Rome, Earth4All, the Next Economy, ANU Planetary Health Equity Hothouse, and Sharan Burrow.
In Melbourne, CPD hosted a public lecture, Too Little, Too Late, or One Giant Leap?, where Sandrine joined Sharan Burrow, former General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, and our Wellbeing Economy Research Director, Warwick Smith, to discuss what’s needed for a fairer, more sustainable future for Australia.
Watch the full event recording below.
Sandrine Dixson-Declève is Co-President of the Club of Rome and divides her time between leading the Club of Rome, advising, lecturing, and facilitating difficult conversations. She is the Executive Chair of the Club of Rome program Earth4All and Co-Founder of the System Transformation Hub.
Sandrine sits on several non-executive and advisory boards including for BMW, EDP, UCB, the Global Climate Governance Commission, OECD, Climate KIC, Leonardo Centre, Imperial College London, Eurazeo Planetary Boundaries Fund and is an Ambassador, for the Energy Transition Commission and the Wellbeing Alliance (WeAll), as well as a Fellow of the World Academy of Science & Art.
She teaches at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium and is a Senior Associate and faculty member of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Until recently, Sandrine was Chair for the European Commission’s Expert Group on Economic and Societal Impact of Research & Innovation, a member of the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Platform and Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Expert Group; and an Assembly Member, Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Mission (European Commission, DGR&I). In 2017 Sandrine co-founded the Women Enablers Change Agent Network.
Sandrine is a TED global speaker and author and has published Quel Monde Pour Demain and Earth for All: A survival guide for humanity.
She was recognised by Reuters as one of 25 global female trailblazers in 2023 and by GreenBiz as one of the 30 most influential women across the globe driving change in the low carbon economy and promoting green business.
Sharan Burrow is a global advocate for human rights, climate action and just transition. She is the Former General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation. Previously she was President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
Sharan is well known for her international advocacy on employment, human rights, industrial relations, corporate responsibility and climate action with just transition solutions.
She has represented workers and civil society groups in global policy discussions in United Nations bodies, on the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation as well as at the tables of the G7, G20, World Bank and International Monetary Fund. She has twice been a Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos.
Sharan is currently a Visiting Professor in Practice to the LSE-Grantham Institute, a board director and an advisor concerning climate, nature, just transitions, skills, rights and sustainability.