Personal - Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker

2nd International Convention of Environmental Laureates in Freiburg

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:09:06 +0000

As a member of the Board of Trustees of the European Environment Foundation I will take part in the second convention of international environmental laureates from March 14–17, 2013 in Freiburg.

The 2nd Convention will focus on “New Coalitions – To Address Limits to Growth”. Public Lectures with Keynote Speakers such as Klaus Töpfer, Hansjoachim Schellnhuber and Jørgen Randers, internal discussion rounds and the meeting with pupils, students and young researchers constitute the program of the 2nd Convention in Freiburg.

For further information visit www.european-environment-foundation.eu.

Elected as Co-President of the Club of Rome

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 09:32:21 +0000

During the 2012 Annual Conference of the Club of Rome from October 1-2 in Bucharest the assembly elected me as well as Anders Wijkman (Sweden), former member of the European Parliament, as new Co-Presidents of the Club.

For more information, see the Club of Rome press release (PDF)

Back Home to Germany

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:31:29 +0000

I am back home in Germany. After three wonderful and successful years as Dean of the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, I returned to my home country and settled down in Emmendingen near my old Alma Mater, the University of Freiburg.

My new address is: P.O. Box 1547, D-79305 Emmendingen, Germany.

Three major projects keep me busy:

Serving as Co-Chair of the International Panel on Sustainable Resource Use, founded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP);
Serving as Co-Chair of the Task Force on Economic Instruments for Energy Efficiency and the Environment of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED);
Completing the new book manuscript (with Charlie Hargroves and Michael Smith, Brisbane, Australia) “Factor Five”, the sequel to “Factor Four” (co-authored with Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins, Earthscan, London, 1997). The book is planned for publication in English, German, and Chinese, in 2009.