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Keynote speakers

  • Dennis Meadows
    External speaker, Climate Conference

    President of the Laboratory for Interactive Learning Emeritus Professor of Systems Policy and Social Science Research, UNH • Formerly Director of the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research

  • Stefan Rahmstorf
    External speaker, Climate Conference

     Professor of Physics of the Oceans, Potsdam University; Head of Earth System Analysis, PIK; Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales/Bangor; Member of the Academia Europaea; Member of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)

  • Anders Wijkman
    External speaker, Climate Conference

    Anders Wijkman is a Swedish politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (1999-2009). As a member of the European Parliament, he focussed on issues related to climate change, environment, development cooperation and humanitarian affairs. Anders is vice President of Club of Rome and the Tällberg Foundation. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He is also a councillor for the World Future Council, a President of GLOBE-EU (Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment - EU), and the Expert Group Chairman for the Commission on Climate Change and Development.
    Mr. Wijkman is the author of several books on issues related to disaster prevention, sustainable development, Hiv/Aids etc. His latest book "The Needless Tragedies: Man and Disasters" was published in 2005.