| Decision
of the Federal Cabinet
German Advisory Council on Global Change appointed
again
Berlin, 1.12.2004. The German Advisory Council on Global Change
has been appointed again by the Federal Cabinet for a period of four years.
The new members of the Council are:
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,
deputy director of the Institute of Applied Ecology, Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Margareta Kulessa,
Professor of International Economics, University of Applied Sciences,
Mainz
Dr. Dirk Messner,
director of the German Development Institute, Bonn
Prof. Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf, professor of physics
of the oceans, Potsdam University and leader of the group ocean modelling
at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim (John)
Schellnhuber CBE, research director of the Tyndall Centre
for Climate Change Research in Norwich (UK) and director of the Potsdam
Institute for Climate Impact Research
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmid, president of the Insitute
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 head of the Center for Economic Research, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Assessment of Global Change and Early Warning
The German Advisory Council on Global Change has been established in 1992
by the German Federal Government as an independent scientific advisory
body. There was a growing concern about global environmental degradation
and the awareness that urgent action is needed at the international level.
The Council is assessing global environmental trends and resulting socioeconomic
problems. A main task is to identify risks of Global Change and to give
scientific advice to policymakers. Furthermore, the Council is taking
into account international agreements and their follow-up processes, e.g.
the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992) and
the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002).
Reports and policy papers for the Federal Government
Today, the Council published its new report „Fighting Poverty through
Environmental Policy“. Recent reports are dealing with global energy
policy (2003) and with the reform of environmental governance (2000).
In 2003 the Council released a special report focussing on the Kyoto protocol´s
further development beyond 2012. Policypapers have been prepared for the
International Conference for Renewable Energies (2004) and the World Summit
on Sustainable Development (2002).
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