Biography of Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker
| born 1939 (25 June) in Zuerich, Switzerland,
studied Chemistry and Physics (1965 Diploma, Hamburg University)
and Biology (Ph.D. Freiburg University, 1969). |
| 1969-1972 |
Interdisciplinary Research in Heidelberg |
| 1972-1975 |
Professor for Interdisciplinary Biology at Essen University |
| 1975-1980 |
Founding President of the University of Kassel |
| 1981-1984 |
Director at the United Nations Centre for Science and
Technology for Development |
| 1984-1991 |
Director of the Institute for European Environmental Policy
(IEEP) in Bonn, London and Paris |
| 1991-2000 |
President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment,
Energy |
| Since 1991 |
Member of the Club of Rome |
| Since Oct. 1998 |
Member of the German Parliament |
| 2000-2002 |
Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Enquiry "Globalisation
of the Economy - Challenges and Responses" |
| Since 2002 |
Member of the World Commission on the Social Dimension
of Globalisation |
| Since Oct, 2002 |
Chairman of the Bundestag Committee on Environment, Nature
Conservation and Nuclear Safety 1969-1972 Senior Fellow,
Protestant Research Institute, Heidelberg. |
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| Awards |
| 1978 |
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Pfaff Prize for Education. |
| 1989 |
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Premio de Natura, shared with PM Gro Harlem Brundtland. |
| 1991 |
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Honorary Professor, Techn. University of Valparaiso, Chile. |
| 1991 |
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Member, Club of Rome |
| 1996 |
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Duke of Edinburgh Gold Medal of WWF International. |
| 2000 |
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Honorary Degree, Soka University, Japan. |
| 2001 |
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Takeda Award, shared with. F. Schmidt-Bleek. |
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| Major English Language Publications: |
| 1983 |
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New Frontiers in Technology Application: Integration of
Emerging and Traditional Technologies (Ed & contrib.,
with M.S.Swaminathan and A. Lemma). Dublin: Tycooly. |
| 1992 |
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Ecological Tax Reform: Policy Proposal for Sustainable
Development (with Jochen Jesinghaus) London: Zed Books. |
| 1994 |
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Earth Politics. London: Zed Books. Also Spanish and Japanese
editions appeared in 1994. |
| 1995 |
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Factor Four. Doubling Wealth - Halving Resource Use. A
Report to the Club of Rome (with Amory B. and L. Hunter
Lovins), London: Earthscan. Also available in Chinese, Czech,
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish
and Hungarian. |
| 2005 |
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(forthcoming) Limits to Privatization - How to Avoid Too
Much of A Good Thing. (with Oran Young and Matthias Finger)
London, Earthscan |
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