Entitled, The Predicament of Mankind; Quest for Structured Responses to Growing Worldwide Complexities and Uncertainties: A PROPOSAL.[6] The document would serve as the roadmap for the Limits to Growth project.[citation needed]

The Limits to Growth

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The Club of Rome stimulated considerable public attention with the first report to the club, The Limits to Growth.[7] Published in 1972, its computer simulations suggested that growth of production and consumption could not continue indefinitely because of either resource depletion or unmanageable levels of pollution.The 1973 oil crisis increased public concern about this problem.The report went on to sell 30 million copies in more than 30 languages, making it the best-selling environmental book in history.[8]

Although the Club of Rome had enjoyed some influence at the OECD, their questioning of the value of growth "deepened the internal fractures within the OECD and provoked hostile reactions, leading to a revitalization of the strong pro-growth position."