The members of the WBGU are
appointed for a four-year-term by the responsible ministries (Ministry
for Education and Research, BMBF,
and the Ministry for Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety,
BMU) on the basis of a cabinet decision.
Members may be reappointed.
The Council's fourth term of office lasted
from 1. November 2004 to 31. October 2008. Prof. Dr. Schubert was elected
Chair of the fourth term. Prof. Dr. Schellnhuber was elected Vice Chair.
Members
during the fourth term of office (1.11.2004 bis 31.10.2008)
Prof.
Dr. Nina Buchmann, professor of Grassland Science, Institute
of Plant Sciences, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Prof. Dr. Astrid Epiney, professor for international
law, european law and swiss public law, director at the Institute for
European Law, Université de Fribourg (Switzerland)
Dr. Rainer Grießhammer, member of the management
board of the Institute of Applied Ecology, Freiburg and director of
the future heritage foundation (Stiftung Zukunftserbe)
Prof. Dr. Margareta Kulessa, professor of International
Economics, University of Applied Sciences, Mainz
Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner, director of the German Development
Institute, Bonn
Prof. Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf, professor of Physics of
the Oceans, Potsdam University and head of the Climate System department
at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber CBE, director
of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and visiting professor
at Oxford University (physics department and Christ Church College)
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmid, president of the Institute
for Solar Energy Technology and professor at the University of Kassel,
Head of the department for efficient energy conversion
Prof. Dr. Renate Schubert, professor for economics
at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology and director of the Institute
for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
From left
to right: Jürgen Schmid, Astrid Epiney, Stefan Rahmstorf, Nina
Buchmann, Rainer Grießhammer, Margareta Kulessa, Dirk Messner,
Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber, Renate Schubert.
