Rangelands, the focus of the 2026 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, are essential to the lives of millions of people and to the balance of ecosystems. Drawing on this international campaign, the Forum reflects on the relationship between protecting the natural world and building a more sustainable Convivence.
Erasing History examines how manipulating the past and attacking education can weaken democratic institutions and fuel social division. Jason Stanley argues that historical memory and critical thinking are essential to preserving dialogue, Convivence, and trust between generations, cultures, and peoples.
Pope Leo XIV reflects on how to safeguard the dignity of the human person in the age of artificial intelligence. The encyclical affirms that technological progress must always serve the common good, guided by ethical principles and directed towards promoting freedom, justice, responsibility, and convivence among people.
During the Middle Ages, Córdoba’s Jewish community experienced one of the most remarkable periods in the Mediterranean world. Virginia Luque Gallegos traces this historical legacy, showing how Convivence fostered an extraordinary intellectual and cultural flourishing before political upheavals brought that balance to an end.
The exceptionally early heat episode recorded across Western Europe in May 2026 reminds us that climate change is now part of everyday life. Beyond its environmental consequences, it raises social, public health, and cultural challenges that directly affect our ability to live together and shape our shared future.
Through Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV opens an ethical and political reflection on artificial intelligence, human dignity and the future of our societies. The text resonates directly with the reflections developed by the Córdoba Forum on Convivence, dialogue and the new challenges facing the twenty-first century.
At a time marked by technological acceleration, cultural fragmentation, and the weakening of historical memory, several authors have recently turned their attention to Córdoba as one of Europe’s great symbols of intellectual convivencia. This is neither complacent localism nor a romantic nostalgia for al-Andalus, but something far deeper and more contemporary: the recognition that certain…
The return of El Niño and the acceleration of climate change place human convivence before a new historic test. Beyond the environmental crisis itself, the real challenge will be learning how to cooperate, manage collective vulnerabilities, and preserve social cohesion in a world undergoing profound transformation.
Earth Day reminds us that ecological transition depends not only on technology or economics, but also on cooperation between societies. Faced with global challenges, Convivence emerges as an essential condition for building a sustainable balance between humanity, the planet, and models of development.
On the occasion of the 900th anniversary of Averroes’ birth, this text explores his reading of Plato and his reflection on justice, reason, and the common good. From the Córdoba of al-Andalus to today’s challenges, his thought continues to offer a living proposal for Convivence grounded in dialogue and balance among differences.
