Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (born June 25, 1939 in Zürich, Switzerland) is a German scientist and politician.
He is son of the physicist Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker and nephew of the former German President Richard von Weizsäcker.
He wrote the books Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use (1995) and Limits to Privatization. He was founder and president (1991-2000) of the Wuppertal Institute and member of the Club of Rome since 2001.
Since 1966 he is member of the SPD. Between 1998 and 2005 he was member of the German Parliament.
He received the Takeda Award in 2001.
He currently sits on the Advisor Board for the German Foundation for World Population.
In 2005 he was appointed dean of the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara (source: Wikipedia).
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.
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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.
* 2000–2002: Chairman, Bundestag Study Commission on Economic Globalisation
* 2002–2004: Member, World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globalisation
* 2002–2005 Chairman, Bundestag Environment Committee
* 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
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.
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, forthcoming) Factor Five (w/ Charlie Hargroves). London, Earthscan.
