In our latest newsletter, Gro Harlem Brundtland looks ahead to COP31 in Turkey and calls for world leaders to act courageously to tackle climate change.

The Elders publish a policy paper on the climate and nature crisis. In it, we explore nine themes that demand close attention, present our positions and formulate a set of proposals for action for ...

Since humans started living in groups, every village has had elders to provide wisdom and courage to others. In July 2007, elders in our increasingly interconnected, interdependent world – a global ...

The current erosion of international norms and institutions is leaving the world dangerously exposed. Without bold change, the UN risks irrelevance and collapse at a moment when humanity most needs ...

CALL TO ACTION: We call on governments worldwide to manage Artificial Intelligence with an urgency that reflects both scientific evidence and public concern. A government’s first responsibility is to ...

STATEMENT: The Elders warn today that countries will be drawn into an illegal war if they acquiesce to continuing US demands around the Iran crisis, such as to assist in securing the Strait of Hormuz ...

STATEMENT: The Elders today call for the immediate release of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti from Israeli prison, as an important step towards reviving a lasting two-state solution to the Israeli ...

Sadako was two years old, and two kilometres away from the atomic bomb when it was dropped on Hiroshima. Most of Sadako’s neighbors died, but Sadako wasn’t injured at all, at least not in any way ...

Humanity stands at a defining moment in its history. More than eighty years after the dawn of the nuclear age, and at the threshold of the age of artificial intelligence, we are presented with an ...

The governments of the world have failed to assume their responsibility to protect their peoples from the existential and other threats posed by artificial intelligence. Commercial and geopolitical ...

Statement: The Elders today call on world leaders to work together urgently on the design of strong international governance, to allow all humanity to take advantage of the opportunities of Artificial ...

In our latest newsletter, Helen Clark reflects on Davos, President Trump’s Board of Peace, and the urgency of pushing back against “might is right,” as The Elders head to Munich Security Conference ...