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\r\n 16. Jahreskonferenz des Rates f\u00fcr Nachhaltige Entwicklung (RNE) am 31. Mai 2016 im WECC, Berlin<\/span>\r\n \r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Former Chairpersons<\/h2>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Dr Werner Schnappauf<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Lawyer and consultant; Former Minister of State, has been a member of the German Council for Sustainable Development since November 2016. He chaired the Council from 2020 to 2022.\n<\/p>

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Marlehn Thieme<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Chairwoman of the German Council for Sustainable Development from 2012 to November 2019, President of Welthungerhilfe, member of the Council of Lutheran Churches in Germany (EKD)\n<\/p>

Member from April 2004 \u2013 November 2019<\/p>

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Hans-Peter Repnik<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Chairman of the German Council for Sustainable Development from May 2010 to January 2012, former Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development\n<\/p>

Member from May 2010 \u2013 January 2012<\/p>

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Dr Volker Hauff<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Chairman of the German Council for Sustainable Development from September 2001 to May 2010, former Senior Vice President at BearingPoint, former German Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Transport\n<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 May 2010<\/p>

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Matthias Platzeck<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Chairman of the German Council for Sustainable Development from April to August 2001, former Prime Minister of the State of Brandenburg, former Mayor of Potsdam\n<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 May 2003<\/p>

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Former Secretaries-General<\/h2>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Dr Marc-Oliver Pahl<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Secretary-General from March 2020 \u2013 December 2024\n<\/p>

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Prof. Dr G\u00fcnther Bachmann<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Secretary-General from 2001 \u2013 February 2020\n<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Alexander Bassen<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Professor of economics, in particular capital markets and management, at the University of Hamburg\n<\/p>

Member from July 2013 \u2013 December 2022<\/p>

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Dr Heinrich Graf von Bassewitz<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Commissioner for Organic Farming within the German Farmers\u2019 Association (DBV) and former member of the DBV\u2019s Executive Committee\n<\/p>

Member from July 2010 \u2013 June 2013<\/p>

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Prof. Dr. Katrin B\u00f6hning-Gaese<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research \u2013 UFZ; Professor University Leipzig\n<\/p>

Member from January 2023 \u2013 January 2026<\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Zarah Bruhn<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Founder and managing director of socialbee; Commissioner for Social Innovation at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research; Social innovation officer at SPRIN\u2013D, the German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovations\n<\/p>

Member from January 2023 \u2013 January 2026<\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Ulla Burchardt<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former member of the German Bundestag; freelance strategy consultant\n<\/p>

Member from October 2016 \u2013 December 2022<\/p>

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Philip Freiherr von dem Bussche<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former President of the German Agricultural Society\n<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 April 2002<\/p>

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Katja D\u00f6rner<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Mayor of the Federal City of Bonn\n<\/p>

Member from January 2023 \u2013 January 2026<\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Saori Dubourg<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Chair of the Management Board of Greiner AG\n<\/p>

Member from January 2020 \u2013 January 2026<\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Dr Ursula Eid<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development\n<\/p>

Member from July 2010 \u2013 June 2013<\/p>

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Dr Joachim Faber<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former CEO of Allianz Asset Management\n<\/p>

Member from July 2010 \u2013 June 2013<\/p>

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Jochen Flasbarth<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former President of the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU)\n<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 January 2003<\/p>

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Horst Frank<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Mayor of Konstanz\n<\/p>

Member from May 2003 \u2013 May 2010<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Wolfgang Franz<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former President of the Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)\n<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 March 2004<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Cornelia F\u00fcllkrug-Weitzel<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former President of Brot f\u00fcr die Welt<\/span><\/p>

Member from December 2019 \u2013 December 2022<\/p>

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Vera G\u00e4de-Butzlaff<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former CEO of the Berlin municipal cleaning company Berliner Stadtreinigungsbetriebe (BSR); former CEO of GASAG AG<\/p>

Member from July 2013 \u2013 October 2016<\/p>

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Dr Hans Geisler<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Saxony State Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Family<\/p>

Member from June 2006 \u2013 June 2013<\/p>

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Alois Gl\u00fcck<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former President of the Central Committee of German Catholics, former President of the Bavarian State Parliament; died<\/em><\/p>

Member from July 2011 \u2013 October 2016<\/p>

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Rainer Grohe<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Chairman of the Environment Committee of the Federation of the German Industries (BDI)<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 March 2007<\/p>

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Gerda Hasselfeldt<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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President of the German Red Cross (DRK e.V.)<\/p>

Member from January 2020 \u2013 December 2021<\/p>

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Hermann Graf Hatzfeldt<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Chairman of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in Germany<\/p>

Member from May 2003 \u2013 March 2007<\/p>

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Roland Heinisch<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bahn AG<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 March 2007<\/p>

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Dr Claus Hipp<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Entrepreneur, HiPP GmbH & Co. KG, former Vice President of the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 January 2003<\/p>

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Walter Hirche<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former President of the German Commission for UNESCO, former Parliamentary State Secretary within the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, former Secretary of Commerce of Lower Saxony and Brandenburg<\/p>

Member from July 2010 \u2013 October 2016<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Stefan Homburg<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Professor of Public Finance, Leibniz University Hannover<\/p>

Member from April 2004 \u2013 March 2007<\/p>

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Prof. Dr-Ing. Eberhard Jochem<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Professor of Energy Management and National Economics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 March 2007<\/p>

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Dr Margot K\u00e4\u00dfmann<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Regional Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 March 2004<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Ute Klammer<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Duisburg-Essen<\/p>

Member from June 2008 \u2013 May 2010<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Edward G. Krubasik<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former member of the Central Management Board of Siemens AG, former President of the German Physical Society (DPG)<\/p>

Member from September 2006 \u2013 May 2010<\/p>

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J\u00f6rg-Andreas Kr\u00fcger<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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President Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU)\n<\/p>

Member from January 2020 \u2013 January 2026<\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Markus Lewe<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Mayor of the city of M\u00fcnster, President of the Association of German Cities<\/p>

Member from December 2019 \u2013 December 2022<\/p>

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Thomas Loster<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former member of the Geoscience Research Group at Munich Re<\/p>

Member from September 2006 \u2013 May 2010<\/p>

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Lisi Maier<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Director of the Federal Foundation for Gender Equality<\/p>

Member from December 2019 \u2013 December 2022<\/p>

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Kathrin Menges<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former member of the Management Board at Henkel KGaA<\/p>

Member from 2013 \u2013 April 2019<\/p>

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Jennifer Morgan<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Director of the climate programme at the World Resources Institute<\/p>

Member from July 2013 \u2013 October 2016<\/p>

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Alexander M\u00fcller<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Managing Director of TMG \u2013 ThinkTank for Sustainability, former State Secretary within the German Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, former Assistant Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations<\/p>

Member from July 2013 \u2013 November 2019<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Edda M\u00fcller<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former member of the Management Board of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations, former Minister for Nature and the Environment of the State of Schleswig-Holstein<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 March 2007<\/p>

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Dr Franz-Josef Overbeck<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Bishop of Essen<\/p>

Member from June 2010 \u2013 June 2011<\/p>

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Heinz Putzhammer<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former member of the Federal Executive Board of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB); died<\/em><\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 June 2006<\/p>

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Katherina Reiche<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Chairwoman of the Management Board of Westenergie AG<\/p>

Member from October 2016 \u2013 December 2022<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Lucia A. Reisch<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Professor at Copenhagen Business School<\/p>

Member from June 2010 \u2013 November 2019<\/p>

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Prof. Dr J\u00fcrgen Rimpau<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former member of the Management Board of the German Agricultural Society (DLG)<\/p>

Member from May 2003 \u2013 May 2010<\/p>

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Gunda R\u00f6stel<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Commercial Director Stadtentw\u00e4sserung Dresden GmbH; Authorized Representative GELSENWASSER AG\n<\/p>

Member from January 2020 \u2013 January 2026<\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Prof. Dr Josef Sayer<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Director-General and CEO of MISEREOR, the German Catholic bishops\u2019 organisation for development cooperation<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 March 2007<\/p>

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Tobias Schlegl<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former radio and television presenter<\/p>

Member from May 2004 \u2013 March 2007<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Imme Scholz<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Board of Heinrich B\u00f6ll Foundation e.V.; Honorary professor at the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg<\/p>

Member from July 2013 \u2013 December 2022<\/p>

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Max Sch\u00f6n<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Entrepreneur, former Chairman of Foundation 2\u00b0 \u2013 German Businesses for Climate Protection, former President of the Deutsche Gesellschaft Club of Rome, co-founder of the Desertec Foundation<\/p>

Member from July 2010 \u2013 October 2016<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Ulrich Schraml<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Director of the Forest Research Institute (FVA) of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg<\/p>

Member from November 2016 \u2013 November 2019<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schuster<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche Telekom Stiftung, former Mayor of Stuttgart<\/p>

Member from February 2012 \u2013 November 2019<\/p>

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Dr Eric Schweitzer<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former President of the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry, former CEO of ALBA Group plc & Co. KG<\/p>

Member from July 2010 \u2013 June 2013<\/p>

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Achim Steiner<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), former Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)<\/p>

Member from November 2016 \u2013 June 2017<\/p>

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Dr. Franziska Tanneberger<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Director Greifswald Mire Centre (GMC)\n<\/p>

Member from January 2023 \u2013 January 2026<\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Prof. Dr Georg Teutsch<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Scientific Managing Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)<\/p>

Member from June 2007 \u2013 May 2010<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Klaus T\u00f6pfer<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Founding Director of the IASS, former German Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development, former German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety; died<\/em><\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 May 2010<\/p>

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Holger Tschense<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Mayor and Alderman of Leipzig<\/p>

Member from May 2003 \u2013 January 2006<\/p>

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Olaf Tschimpke<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former President of the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU)<\/p>

Member from June 2010 \u2013 November 2019<\/p>

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Christiane Underberg<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Co-owner of Underberg KG<\/p>

Member from June 2007 \u2013 November 2008<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Fritz Vahrenholt<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former CEO of REpower Systems, former Senator for the Environment of Hamburg<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 March 2007<\/p>

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Michael Vassiliadis<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Chairman of the trade union IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (IG BCE)<\/p>

Member from 2007 \u2013 October 2016<\/p>

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Eggert Voscherau<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE<\/p>

Member from May 2003 \u2013 January 2006<\/p>

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Susanne Weber-Mosdorf<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)<\/p>

Member from June 2007 \u2013 December 2007<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Hubert Weiger<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Honorary Chairman of Friends of the Earth Germany (Bund f\u00fcr Umwelt- und Naturschutz Deutschland, BUND)<\/p>

Member from July 2013 \u2013 December 2022<\/p>

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Hubert Weinzierl<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former President of the German League for Nature and Environment (DNR), former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), former Chairman of Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND)<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 June 2013<\/p>

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Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development\n<\/p>

Member from November 2016 \u2013 January 2026<\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Ranga Yogeshwar<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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TV presenter<\/p>

Member from June 2007 \u2013 August 2008<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Angelika Zahrnt<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Chairwoman of Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND)<\/p>

Member from April 2001 \u2013 June 2013<\/p>

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Experts co-opted by the German Council for Sustainable Development<\/h2>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Prof. Dr Gerhard de Haan<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Head of the Institute for Future Studies in Education Science (Institut Futur) at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/p>

Co-opted expert from January 2014 \u2013 June 2015<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Gesche Joost<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Professor of Design Research at Berlin University of the Arts<\/p>

Co-opted expert from November 2017 \u2013 June 2019<\/p>

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Dominik Naab<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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National Chairman of the German Catholic Scout Organization (DPSG)<\/p>

Co-opted expert from November 2017 \u2013 June 2019<\/p>

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Dr Andreas Marcus Rickert<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Chairman of the Board of the non-profit analysis and consulting organisation PHINEO AG<\/p>

Co-opted expert from November 2017 \u2013 June 2019<\/p>

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Prof. Dr Harald Welzer<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Co-founder and Director of the non-profit Futurzwei Foundation, Honorary Professor of Transformation Design at Europa-Universit\u00e4t Flensburg<\/p>

Co-opted expert from January 2015 \u2013 October 2016<\/p>

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Jochen Zeitz<\/h4>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Former Chairman of the Administrative Board of Puma SE<\/p>

Co-opted expert from October 2011 \u2013 September 2012<\/p>

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