Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker

Curriculum Vitae Born 25 June, 1939 in Zürich, Switzerland, studied Chemistry and Physics (1965 Diploma, Hamburg University) and Biology (Ph.D. Freiburg University, 1969). Married to Christine von Weizsäcker, née Radtke, five children.

1969–1972: Senior Fellow, Protestant Research Institute, FEST Heidelberg. 1972–1975: Professor for Interdisciplinary Biology, University of Essen. 1975–1980: Founding President, University of Kassel. 1981–1984: Director at the UN Centre for Science and Technology for Development. 1984–1991: Director, Institute for European Environmental Policy, Bonn, London, Paris. 1991–2000: Founding President, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy. 1998–2005: Member of the Bundestag (German Parliament), SPD, for Stuttgart. 1999–2002: Chairman, Bundestag Study Commission on Economic Globalisation 2002–2005 Chairman, Bundestag Environment Committee 2002–2004: Member, World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globalisation 2006–2008 Dean, Donald Bren School for Environmental Science and Management, UCSB, Santa Barbara, California, USA 2007– Co-Chair, International Panel on Sustainable Resource Use 2008– Co-Chair, China Council Task Force on Economic Instruments f. Environment 2008– free lance 2012– Co-President, Club of Rome Awards: 1978: Pfaff Prize for Education. 1989: Premio de Natura, shared with PM Gro Harlem Brundtland. 1991: Honorary Professor, Techn. University of Valparaiso, Chile. 1991: Member, Club of Rome 1996: Duke of Edinburgh Gold Medal of WWF International. 2000: Honorary Degree, Soka University, Japan. 2001: Takeda Award, shared with. F. Schmidt-Bleek. 2008: German Environment Prize. 2009: Federal Cross of Merit. Selection of English Language Publications: 1983: New Frontiers in Technology Application: Integration of Emerging and Traditional Technologies (w/ M.S.Swaminathan and Aklilu Lemma). Dublin, Oxford: Tycooly. 1992: Ecological Tax Reform: Policy Proposal for Sustainable Development (w/ Jochen Jesinghaus) London: Zed Books. 1994: Earth Politics. London: Zed Books. Available also in 4 other languages. 1997: Factor Four. Doubling Wealth — Halving Resource Use. A Report to the Club of Rome (w/ Amory B. and L. Hunter Lovins), London: Earthscan. Available also in 11 other languages. 2005: Limits to Privatization – How to Avoid Too Much of A Good Thing. (w/ Oran Young and Matthias Finger) London, Earthscan 2009: Factor Five (w/ Charlie Hargroves). London, Earthscan.