Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (born 1939)

1972 Professor for Biology, University of Essen; 1975 President, University of Kassel; 1981 Director at the UN Centre for Science and Technology for Development, New York; 1984 Director, Institute for European Environmental Policy, Bonn-London-Paris; 1991: President, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy; 1998: Member of the German Parliament, Chairman, Select Committee on Globalization, later Environment Committee; 2002: Member, World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globalisation. 2006: Dean, Bren School for Environment, UCSB, Santa Barbara, USA
English language books: 1992: Ecological Tax Reform: London. 1994: Earth Politics. London. 1997: Factor Four. Doubling Wealth -- Halving Resource Use. London. 2005: Limits to Privatization, London, Earthscan. Factor Four and Limits to Privatization were also translated into Chinese.

Awards: 1989: Premio de Natura,; 1996: Duke of Edinburgh Gold Medal; 2001: Takeda Award.

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