Secretary GeneralClub of Rome
Carlos Alvarez Pereira is Secretary General of The Club of Rome. He is an Aerospace Engineer and a former lecturer and researcher in systems dynamics at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), as well as an entrepreneur in the digital sector in Spain, Switzerland, France and Germany. He created and chaired until 2020 the Innaxis Foundation to develop research on complex systems and responsible innovation. He now works for the emergence of a civilizational shift towards equitable wellbeing on a healthy planet. Carlos advises the UNESCO Chair of Global Understanding for Sustainability and the International Bateson Institute, as well as the SWEET EDGE project on energy transition in Switzerland. He is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Montpellier Advanced Knowledge Institute on Transitions (MAK´IT), and a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS).