Wolfgang Sachs

Wuppertal Institute

1966-1973 studies in theology and social sciences in Munich, Tübingen and Berkeley.

PhD University of Tübingen 1975.

Since 1993 Senior Fellow at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. Head of the Berlin office of the Wuppertal Institute.

Regular lecturer at Schumacher College, England, and Honorary Professor at the University of Kassel.

1993-2001 Chair of the Board, Greenpeace Germany.

1999-2001 Member of the IPCC, since 2005 Member of the Club of Rome. Research areas : Globalization, development, environment, new models of wealth.

Recent publications : "Planet Dialectics. Explorations in Environment and Development", Zed 1999. "The Jo’burg Memo. Fairness in a Fragile World." (ed.), Berlin : Heinrich Boell Foundation. Wuppertal Institut ed. (Coauthor) "Fair Future. Resource Conflicts, Security, and Global Justice", London : Zed, 2007 ; Wuppertal Institut (Lead author) : "Zukunftsfähiges Deutschland in einer globalisierten Welt", Frankfurt : Fischer, 2008 ; (ed) "The Development Dictionary. A guide to Knowledge as Power", London : Zed, 2009 (reprint of 1992 edition).

Website : www.wupperinst.org