German Advisory Council On Global Change Wgbu - New Structures for Global Environmental Policy

Members of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)

(as on 01.10.1999)

Prof Dr Friedrich O. Beese

Agronomist: Director of the Institute for Soil Science and Forest Nutrition in Gttingen

Prof Dr Klaus Fraedrich

Meteorologist: Professor of Meteorology at the University of Hamburg

Prof Dr Paul Klemmer

Economist: President of the Rhine-Westphalian Institute for Economic Research in Essen

Prof Dr Dr Juliane Kokott (vice chairperson)

Lawyer: Professor of International Law, International Economic Law and European Law at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Prof Dr Lenelis Kruse-Graumann

Psychologist: Professor of Psychology (specialist in environmental psychology) at the University of Hagen

Prof Dr Christine Neumann

Physician: Professor of Dermatology at the University of Gottingen

Prof Dr Ortwin Renn

Sociologist: Executive Director of the Center of Technology Assessment in Baden-Wurttemberg, Professor of Sociology at the University of Stuttgart

Prof Dr Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber (chairperson)

Physicist: Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Potsdam

Prof Dr Ernst-Detlef Schulze

Botanist: Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena

Prof Dr Max Tilzer

Limnologist: Professor of Limnology at the University of Konstanz

Prof Dr Paul Velsinger

Economist: Professor of Political Economy at the University of Dortmund, specializing in regional economics

Prof Dr Horst Zimmermann

Economist: Head of the Public Finance Group at the University of Marburg

German Advisory Council
on Global Change

World in Transition

Volume 2

New Structures for Global
Environmental Policy

Earthscan Publications Ltd

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German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)

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Time of going to press, German version: 30.09.2000, entitled
Welt im Wandel: Neue Strukturen globaler Umweltpolitik. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York, 2000.
ISBN 3-540-41343-X

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Acknowledgements

This report would not have been possible without the committed and untiring effort of the staff of the Council Members and the Councils Secretariat in Bremerhaven.

The Council wishes to express its fullest gratitude to all those research fellows who participated in the work of the Council when this report was written:

Prof Dr Meinhard Schulz-Baldes (Director, Secretariat Bremerhaven), Dr Carsten Loose (Deputy Director, Secretariat Bremerhaven), Dr Frank Biermann, LL.M. (Secretariat Bremerhaven), Dr Arthur Block (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Dr Astrid Bracher (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven), Dipl.-Geogr. Gerald Busch (University of Gottingen), Dipl.-Psych. Swantje Eigner (University of Hagen), Ref.-jur. Cosima Erben (University of St. Gallen), Dipl.-Ing. Mark Fleischhauer (University of Dortmund), Dr Georg Heiss (Secretariat Bremer-haven), Dr Dirk Hilmes (University Hospital Dermatology and Venerology, Gottingen),Andreas Klinke, M.A. (Academy for Technology Impact Assessment, Stuttgart), Dr Jacques Lonardi (University of Hamburg), Dr Roger Lienenkamp (University of Dortmund), Dipl.-Volksw. Thilo Pahl (University of Marburg), Dr Benno Pilardeaux (Secretariat Bremerhaven), Dipl.-Geokol. Christiane Ploetz (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena), Ass.-jur. Kaija Seiler, LL.M. University of Washington (University of St. Gallen), Dr Rdiger Wink (University of Bochum).

The Council also wishes to thank Vesna Karic-Fazlic and Ursula Liebert (Secretariat Bremerhaven) for providing organizational and logistical support when the report was written, and Martina Schneider-Kremer, M.A. (Secretariat Bremerhaven) for comprehensive editorial work and support.

The Council also owes its gratitude to the important contributions and support by other members of the research community. This report builds on comments and reports in particular from:

Prof Dr Alfred Endres, Dipl.-Ing. agr. M. Finus, University of Hagen, Department of Economics: Anstze zur HerbeifChrung von Verhandlungslsun-gen im Bereich globaler Umweltpolitik.

PD Dr Cord Jakobeit, Gesellschaft fr Entwick-lungs- und Umweltforschung b. R.: Innovative Finan-zierungsmechanismen zur Finanzierung globaler Umweltaufgaben: Analyse und Handlungsempfehlungen.

Stefan Kuhn, ICLEI European Secretariat Freiburg: Auswertung der Agenda 21: Lokale Agenda 21.

Dr Sebastian Oberthr, Ecologic - Centre for International and European Environmental Research, Berlin: Reform des internationalen Institution en systems in der globalen Umweltpolitik.

Moreover, the Council also wishes to thank Dr Jrgen Ritterhoff, Northsea Action Conference, Bremen, Dr Gudrun Henne, Berlin and Dr Hans Payer, Germanischer Lloyd, Hamburg, who provided valuable support.

Finally, the Council is much indebted to the persons who received the delegation visiting the United States from February 19-26,1999. Many experts from politics, administration and science offered guided tours, prepared presentations and were available for in-depth discussions and conversations:

Adnan Amin: UNEP Regional Office North America; Ray Ankers, President: World Environment Center; Ambassador Bagher Asadi, Iran; Peter Backlund: Harvard University; Prof Scott Barrett: Paul H. Nitze School of International Studies (SAIS); Dr R. Bierbaum: Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); Prof Dr Edith Brown Weiss: Georgetown University Law School; Dr Wolfgang Burhenne: The World Conservation Union (IUCN); Brian T. Castelli, Chief of Staff Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Department of Energy (DOE); James Connell: Office of German Affairs, Department of State (DOS); John Cusack, President: Innovest Corporation; Robert Dahlberg: American Council on Germany; Under Secretary-General Nitin Desai, Head: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Organization; JoAnne Di-Sano, Director: United Nations Organization; Felix Dodds, Head: United Nations Environment and Development Steering Committee; Andrea Durbin: Friends of the Earth; Christopher Flavin: World Watch Institute; Susan R. Fletcher, Senior Analyst in International Environmental Policy: Congressional Research Service (CRS); Louise Frchette, Deputy Secretary-General: United Nations Organization; Bryan Hannegan, Congressional Research Fellow; A. George Furth: Office of Environmental Policy, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, Department of State (DOS); Ian Johnson: World Bank; Lisa Jordan: Bank Information Center; Ambassador Dr Dieter Kastrup, Head: Permanent Mission of Germany in New York; Dr Inge Kaul, Head: Office of Development Studies: UNDP; Kenneth King: Global Environment Facility (GEF); Dr Kramer, Desk Officer for Science and Technology: German Embassy Washington; BR Krapp: Permanent Mission of Germany in New York; Envoy Martin Lutz, Head: Economics Department: Permanent Mission of Germany in New York; Dr Mauch, Director: German Historical Institute; Christopher J. Miller, Professional Staff Member: US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; Hemanta Mishra: Global Environment Facility (GEF); Sascha Mller-Kraenner, Director: Heinrich Boll Foundation; Shirley J. Neff, Staff Economics: US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; A. P. Etanomare Osio, Envoy: Nigeria; Danielle Parris, Senior Adviser of Frank E. Loy (Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs); Prof E. A. Parsons: Harvard University; Nigel Purvis, Senior Adviser of Frank E. Loy (Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs); Frank Rittner: Global Environment Facility (GEF); Espen Roenneberg: United Nations Organization, Office for Small Islands Affairs; Kenneth Ruffing: Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD); Helmut Schaffer, German Executive Director: World Bank; Stephen Seidel, Deputy Director: Office of Atmospheric Programs, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Rashid Shaikh: New York Academy of Sciences; Dr Michael M. Simpson, Specialist in Environmental Technologies: Congressional Research Service (CRS); Trigg Talley, Deputy Office Director: Office of Environmental Policy, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science (OES), Department of State (DOS); Prof Dr Klaus Tpfer, Executive Director: United Nations Environment Programme; Marc Uzan: Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee; Frederick van Bolhuis: World Bank; Nicholas van Praag: World Bank; Prof Dr Konrad von Moltke, Director Environmental Studies Program, Dartmouth College; Robert Watson: World Bank; Susan Wickwire: Office of Environmental Policy, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, Department of State (DOS); Mr Wollin, Staff of the Desk Officer for Science and Technology: German Embassy Washington.