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1 German Advisory Council on Global Change 'WBGU' Secretariat at the Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) P.O. Box Bremerhaven, FRG Fax.: Ph: wbgu@awi-bremerhaven.de P R E S S R E L E A S E 96/3e German Advisory Council on Global Change appointed again Physicist Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber new chairman / Second period up to June 2000 / Next Annual Report dealing with water Bonn, September 20, Today the constitutional meeting for the second term of office of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) has taken place in Bonn. The physicist Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber, Potsdam was elected chairman of the 12 members of the council. The lawyer Prof. Dr. Juliane Kokott, Düsseldorf was elected deputy chairman. The next annual report will have his focus on water. In spring 1992 the Advisory Council on Global Change has been established by the German Government as an independent advisory body on the background of growing awareness that environmental protection is the basis for human development and that urgent action needed at the international level. The Council compiles annual reports about current trends of global change and the resulting social and economic impacts. Furthermore, the reports are taking into account the international agreements discussed at the Rio summit (1992) and the AGENDA 21. Moreover, the reports give recommendations for environmental policy and environmental research. Up to date the Council has published four annual reports in the series "World in Transition": Basic Structure of Global People-Environment Interactions (1993), The Threat to Soils (1994), Ways Towards Global Environmental Solutions (1995) and The Research Challenge (1996). Members of the German Advisory Council are: Prof. Dr. F.O. Beese, agronomist, Göttingen Prof. Dr. H. Behrendt, physician, Hamburg

2 Prof. Dr. K. Fraedrich, meteorologist, Hamburg Prof. Dr. P. Klemmer, economist, Essen Prof. Dr. J. Kokott, lawyer, Düsseldorf Prof. Dr. L. Kruse-Graumann, psychologist, Hagen Prof. Dr. O. Renn, sociologist, Stuttgart Prof. Dr. H.-J. Schellnhuber, physicist, Potsdam Prof. Dr. E.-D. Schulze, botanist, Bayreuth Prof. Dr. M. Tilzer, limnologist, Bremerhaven Prof. Dr. P. Velsinger, economist Dortmund Prof. Dr. H. Zimmermann, economist, Marburg Director of the secretariat is Prof. Dr. M. Schulz-Baldes, biologist, Bremerhaven. Prof. Dr. Friedrich O. Beese Born Study of rural economy in Göttingen. Graduation 1972, soil sciences. Habilitation 1986, soil ecology and forest nutrition scientific assistant at the Institute for Soil Science and Institute for Soil Science and Forest Nutrition in Göttingen. 1978/79 DFG/Fulbright-beneficiary in the USA director of the Institute for Soil Ecology in Munich, since 1994 director of the Institute for Soil Science and Forest Nutrition in Göttingen. Speaker of the Forschungsverbund Agrarökosysteme München (FAM). Speaker of the Forschungszentrum Waldökosysteme (FZW) Göttingen. Member of scientific advisory councils of the Environmental Research Centre Leipzig-Halle (UFZ), the Research Centre Jülich (KFA), the Munich Air Pollution Research Network coordinator of the German activities of the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Project (GCTE). Since 1992 member of the Scientific Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). Prof. Dr. Heidrun Behrendt Born Study of medical sciences at the Universities of Freiburg and Hamburg. Graduation Habilitation at the medical faculty of RWTH Aachen director at the Medical Institute for Environmental Health at University of Düsseldorf. Since 1994 director of the Department for Exerpimental Dermatology/Allergology at the university hospital Eppendorf member of the Scientific Advisory Board on Health under the auspices of the Federal Ministry for of Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMBF). Member of numerous national and international fellowships. Since 1996 member of the German Council of Environmental Advisors (SRU) and the Scientific Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). Prof. Dr. Klaus Fraedrich Born Studies in Bonn, Cologne, Berlin. Graduation /71 Post doc at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University. Habilitation associate professor at the University of Bonn visiting professor at the Department of Meteorology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. 1982/83 participation in the Distinguished Overseas Scientist Program at the Australian Numerical Meteorology Research

3 Centre in Melbourne visiting scientist at the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle. Professor for meteorology at the Free University Berlin 1975 to senior principle research scientist at the Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Since 1992 professor for meteorology at University of Hamburg. Visiting professor at School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales in Sydney since Max Planck Award Member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the German Weather Service (DWD) since Vice President of a working group on nonlinear dynamics within the scope of the European Geophysical Society. Since 1996 member of the Scientific Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). Prof. Dr. Paul Klemmer Born Study of economy at University of Freiburg. Graduation Habilitation Professor for economical research, especially economic policy at University of Bochum since Since 1989 president of the Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research in Essen member of the Academy for Regional Research and Regional Planning. Since 1979 chairman of the executive board of the Ruhr-Forschungsinstitut für Innovations- und Strukturpolitik to 1987 member of the German Council of Environmental Advisors (SRU) to 1991 chairman of the working group "Kosten der Umweltverschmutzung/Nutzen des Umweltschutzes" of the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety (BMU). Since 1987 member of the advisory council on Raumforschung under the auspices of the Federal Ministry for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development (BMBau). Since 1992 member of the Enquete Commission "Protecting the Earth s Atmosphere". Since 1992 member of the Scientific Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). Since 1994 ordinary professor at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Federal Distinguished Service Cross for scientific work on the subject of economic Umwelt- und Raumforschung. Prof. Dr. Juliane Kokott, LL.M. (Am.Univ.), S.J.D. (Harvard) Born Study of law at the universities of Bonn, Geneva, American University, Washington, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Graduations Heidelberg 1985 and Harvard Otto Hahn Award of the Max Planck Society for scientific trainees. Habilitation Heidelberg to 1993 Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg. Professor for comparative public law at the universities Augsburg and Heidelberg. Visiting Professor at University of California Berkeley. Since 1994 professorship for german and international comparative public law, European law and law of the nations. Since 1995 deputy arbitrator at OECD court of justice. Since 1996 member and deputy chairman of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). Prof. Dr. Lenelis Kruse-Graumann Born Study of psychology at University of Heidelberg psychology diploma. Graduation Postdoc in New York 1973/74. Habilitation in Heidelberg Heisenberg scholarship of the German Science Foundation (DFG) Visiting professor at Maison des Sciences de l Homme Paris and University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Since 1985 professor for psychology (specialist in ecological psychology) at the University of Hagen.

4 Member of the German National Committee for UNESCO of the "Man and the Biosphere" program (MAB) since Ordinary professor at the University of Heidelberg since Member of the German Science Council since Member of the Scientific Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) since Deputy Frauenbeauftragte at the University of Hagen since Member of the sub-committee "Social Sciences, Peace and Human Rights" of the German Commission for UNESCO since 1994 (deputy chairman since 1996). Speaker of the professional group "Environmental Psychology" of the German Society for Psychology since Member of the German Commission for UNESCO since Prof. Dr. Ortwin Renn Born Study of political economy, sociology and journalism at University of Cologne and the Institute for Journalism in Rodenkirchen. Member of executive board of the Akademie für Technikfolgenabschätzung Baden-Württemberg (responsible for "Technology, Society and Environmental Economy"). Since 1993 professorship for Sociology II (Environment and Techniksoziologie") at University of Stuttgart to 1992 professor of "Environment, Technology and Society" at Clark University in Worcester (USA) director of the Centre for Technology, Environment and Development at Clark University director of the interdisciplinary institute for Research on Peace and Conflict at Clark University visiting professor at the department for environmental natural sciences of the Eidgenössische Hochschule in Zürich (ETH). Member of the Umweltbeirat of the Evangelische Landeskirche Württemberg and the Landesforschungsbeirat of Baden- Württemberg. Since 1996 member of the Scientific Advisory Council on Global Change (WGBU). Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber Born Study of physics and mathematics with an upgrading of highly accelerated students at the University of Regensburg. Graduation Research activities abroad, e.g. within the University of California-System (USA). Habilitation Heisenberg-Professor professor of the Institute for Chemistry and Biology for Marine Environment (ICBM) at the University of Oldenburg. Director of ICBM inaugural director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Since 1993 director of PIK and professor for theoretical physics at the University of Potsdam. Member of the Climate Advisory Council of the Federal Government, the Advisory Council of the German program in the framework of IDNDR and the International Advisory Board of the Wuppertal Institute. Since 1992 member of the Scientific Advisory Council on Global Change (WGBU, deputy chairman, since 1996 chairman). Since 1996 member of the Global Change National Committee of the German Science Foundation (DFG). Director of an international scientific consortium for the development of new strategies for the negotiation of the Rio climate convention. Prof. Dr. Ernst-Detlef Schulze Born Study of forestry and botany at the universities Göttingen, Munich and Los Angeles (UCLA). Graduation Habilitation scientific assistant, in the following HS2-professor in Würzburg HS3-professor at the TU Munich. Since 1975 professorship for plant ecology at University of Bayreuth. Since 1985 member of the research council Waldschäden (FBW), project group Bavaria for the research on the impact of

5 environmental toxic substances (PBWU) and the Senatsausschuß of the DFG for environmental research (SAUF). Member of the scientific steering committee of the IGBP core projects BAHC and GCTE. Member of the scientific steering committee of the research programs DIVERSITAS and TERI. Lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Global Biodiversity Assessment. Advisor of the German Science Foundation (DFG). Since 1996 member of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). Prof. Dr. Max Tilzer Born Study of biology at the University of Vienna. Graduation Habilitation (limnology) at the University of Innsbruck Research activities at the University of California Davis Professor at the TU Berlin 1976, professorship for limnology at the University of Freiburg 1978, later University of Konstanz (here director of the Limnological Institute) speaker of the special research project "Cycling of Matter in Lake Constance". Several expeditions to Antarctica with research vessel "Polarstern". Since 1992 director of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven. Since 1996 member of the Scientific Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). Prof. Dr. Paul Velsinger Born Study of economics and mathematics at the University of Münster. Graduation /70 research professorship for "regional politics" (special research project 26) at the University of Münster lectureship for operations research at University of Bielefeld professorial chair for political economy, especially regional economics at the University of Dortmund to 1990 chancelor of the University of Dortmund. Since 1978 member of the Research Centre Environmental Technology in Dortmund. Since 1978 member (since 1990 managing member) of the executive board of the Research Association for Industrial Physiology and Protective Labour in Dortmund. Since 1994 member of the Sociological Study Group of the Archbishopric at Paderborn. Since 1992 member of the Scientific Advisory Council on Global Change (WGBU). Prof. Dr. Horst Zimmermann Born Study of economics in Cologne, Munich and at the Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Graduation Habilitation Several research activities in USA. Professorship for political economics, especially public finance at the University of Marburg. August Lösch Award for Regionalwissenschaften member of the advisory council of the Federal Research Institute for Regional Geography and Regional Planning (BfLR) member of the German Council of Environmental Advisors (SRU, deputy chairman ). Since 1986 member of the Scientific Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU, deputy chairman , chairman ). The Director Prof. Dr. Meinhard Schulz-Baldes

6 Born Study of biology and chemistry at the universities of Freiburg, Kiel and Hamburg. Graduation DFG research scholarship at the Scripps-Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, USA. Habilitation at the University of Bremen Institute for Marine Research, Bremerhaven. Several expeditions on research vessels "Polarstern", "Meteor" etc.. Since 1993 associate professor for marine biology at the University of Bremen secretary general of the EUREKA umbrella project EUROMAR. Since 1992 director of the Scientific Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). Photographs can be obtained through the Secretariat.