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04.07.2001 16:17

Memorandum of European scientists to urge President Bush to re-consider his decision on the Kyoto Pr

Gerhard Samulat Pressestelle
Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung (ISI)

Morgen überreicht Professor Eberhard Jochem, Vice-Chair des Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), der amerikanischen Botschaft in Berlin ein Memorandum. Es wurde von mehr als 100 renommierten, europäischen Wissenschaftlern aus über ein Dutzend Nationen unterzeichnet. Sie fordern Präsident Bush auf, seine Entscheidung zu überdenken, das Kyoto-Protokoll nicht zu ratifizieren.

Berlin, 5th July 2001

Memorandum of European scientists to urge
President Bush to re-consider his decision on the Kyoto Protocol

English text:
On Thursday the 5th July, at 10:15 a.m., Professor Eberhard Jochem, German member and Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), hands over a memorandum to the embassy of the United States in Berlin. The memorandum is signed by more than 100 concerned experts of climate research from more than a dozen European countries. The international scientists urge President Bush to re-consider his decision not to recommend ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. Please see the following pages for the full text of the memo-randum and the list of people signed.

Deutscher Text:
Am Donnerstag Vormittag, den 5. Juli 2001, 10:15 Uhr, überreicht Professor Eberhard Jochem der amerikanischen Botschaft in Berlin ein Memorandum, das an US-Präsident Bush gerichtet ist. Jochem ist Vice-Chair des Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), einer interdisziplinären Organisation, welche die Klimaveränderungen und ihre Auswirkungen wissenschaftlich untersucht. Das Memorandum wurde von mehr als 100 renommierten, europäischen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern aus über ein Dutzend Nationen unterzeichnet. Sie fordern Präsident Bush auf, seine Entscheidung zu über-denken, das Kyoto-Protokoll nicht zu ratifizieren. Den Wortlaut des Memorandums sowie die Liste der Unterzeichner finden Sie im An-hang zu diesem Schreiben.

Contact Professor Dr. Eberhard Jochem
Tel.: Swiss: +41 1 632 06 48
Germany: +49 721 68 09 169
e-mail: Swiss: jochem@cepe.mavt.ethz.ch or
Germany: ejo@isi.fhg.de



Initiator:
Prof. Dr. Eberhard Jochem,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH); Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE) Zürich, Switzerland
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), Germany

Austria

Prof. Dr. Karl Aiginger
Austrian Institute of Economic Research
University of Linz, Dep. of Economics

Prof. Dr. Thomas Amon
University of Agricultural Sciences Vienna, Institute of Agricultural, Environmental
and Energy Engineering

Prof. Dr. Josef Boxberger
University of Agricultural Sciences Vienna, Institute of Agricultural, Environmental
and Energy Engineering

Prof. Dr. Georg Grabher
University of Vienna, Institute of Ecology and Nature Protection

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Haas
Vienna University of Technology, Dep. of Energy Economics

Dr. Michael Hantel
University of Vienna, Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics

Prof. Dr. Manfred Heindler
Technical University of Graz, Dep. of Plasma Physics

Prof. Dr. Marcus F. Hofreither
University of Agricultural Sciences Vienna, Institute of Economy, Politics and Law

Prof. Dr. Gottfried Kirchengast
University of Graz, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics

Prof. Dr. Hermann Knoflacher
Vienna University of Technology, Institute for Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering

Prof. Dr. Helga Kromp-Kolb
University of Agricultural Sciences Vienna, Institute of Meteorology and Physics

Prof. Dr. Michael Kuhn
University of Innsbruck, Dep. of Meteorology and Geophysics

Prof. Dr. Reinhold W. Lang
University of Leoben, Institute of Materials Science and Testing of Plastics

Prof. Dr. Volkmar Lauber
University of Salzburg, Institute of Political Science

Dr. Roland Mestel
University of Graz, Institute for Banking and Finance

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Pischinger
Technical University of Graz, Institute for Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics

Dr. Bernhard Schlamadinger
Joanneum Research, Graz, Institute of Energy Research

Prof. Dr. Stefan Schleicher
President of the Austrian Council on Climate Change
University of Graz, Institute for Political Economy and National Economy Politics

Prof. Dr. Heinz Strebel
University of Graz, Institute of Innovation Research and Environmental Management

Prof. Dr. Erich Schwarz
University of Klagenfurt, Dep. of Banking and Finance

Prof. Dr. Michael Winkler
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Institute of Analytical
Macroeconomics

Dr. Norbert Wohlgemuth
University of Klagenfurt, Institute for Macroeconomics and Politics

Belgium

Prof. Hugo Decleir
Free University of Brussels, Department of Geography

Dr. Philippe Huybrechts
Free University of Brussels, Department of Geography

Henry Tulkens
Secretary of the European Economic Association (EEA)
Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
Catholique University of Louvain, Professor of Economics of Public Finance

Prof. Aviel Verbruggen
Senior Advisor to the Minister of Environment in Flanders
University of Antwerp, Dep. for Technology, Energy & Environment

Denmark

Prof. Dr. Bennert Machenhauer
Danish Meteorological Institute, Climate Research Division

Prof. Dr. Niels I. Meyer
Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Dep. of Civil Engineering

Dr. John M. Christensen
Director of the UNEP Center on Energy and Environment, Denmark
Riso National Laboratory

Dr. Kirsten Haelsnaes
Riso National Laboratory
UNEP Center on Energy and Environment, Denmark

France

Prof. Dr. Gérard Mégie,
President of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris

Dr Jean-Claude André,
Ingénieur Général of Meteorology, Director of CERFACS,
Europan Centre of Research and Advanced Training in Scientific Calculation, Toulouse

Prof. Dr Patrick Blandin
National Museum of Natural History, Paris
Ecologist, Director of the "Grande Galerie"on Evolution

Prof. Dr Christian Brodhag
Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de St Etienne
Former President of the French Commission for Sustainable Development

Dr. Patrick Criqui
CNRS, Institute of Energy Economics and Policy, University of Grenoble

Dr. Benjamin Dessus,
CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
Director of ECODEV Programme
President of "Global chance" NGO

Dr. Dominique Finon
CNRS, Institute of Energy Economics and Policy, University of Grenoble

Prof. Dr. Pierre-Noël Giraud
Ecole Superieure des Mines, Paris
Director of Centre of Industrial Economics

Prof. Dr. Olivier Godard
CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
Laboratory of Econometrics at the Ecole Polytechnique

Prof. Dr. Jean-Charles Hourcade
CIRED International Research Center on Environment and Development, Paris

Dr Jean Jouzel
CEA Commissariat of Atomic Energy, Saclay

Dr. Michel Petit, Director of Research
Former Director of Research at Ecole Polytechnique, Paris

Prof. Dr. Dominique Raynaud
CNRS : University of Grenoble, Laboratory of Glaciology and Geophysics of the Environment

Dr. Robert Sadourny
CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, Laboratory of Meteorology at the Ecole Polytechnique

Dr. Hervé Le Treut, Director of Research
CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
Laboratory of Meteorology Dynamics, LMD
Ecole Normale Supérieure, ENS.

Germany

Prof. Dr. Joseph Alcamo
University of Kassel
Director Center for Environmental Systems Research

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Ewers, President
Technical University of Berlin

Prof. Dr. Herbert Fischer
University of Karlsruhe / Karlsruhe Research Center, Institute for Meteorology and Climate
Research

Prof. Dr. Hartmut Graßl, Director
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Klaus Hasselmann
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Peter Hennicke, Acting President
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy

Prof. Dr. Olav Hohmeyer
University of Flensburg, Dep. of Economy, Energy and Resources

Prof. Dr. Paul Klemmer, Director
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI), Essen

Prof. Dr. Helmar Krupp
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), Karlsruhe

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Pfaffenberger
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Institute for Political Economy

Prof. Dr. Colin Prentice, Director
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena

Prof. Dr. Eckard Rehbinder
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main

Prof. Dr. Ortwin Renn
Academy for Technology Assessment, Stuttgart
Technical University Stuttgart

Prof. Dr. Werner Rothengatter
University of Karlsruhe, Institute for Economic Policy and Economic Research

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber, Director
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Prof. Dr. Dieter Schmitt
University of Essen, Dep. of Energy Economics

Prof. Dr. Christian-D. Schönwiese
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics,
Dep. Geosciences/Geography

Prof. Dr. Udo Simonis
Social Science Research Center Berlin, Berlin, Research Professorship Environmental Policy

Prof. Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Konstanz, Dep. of Economics
Editor European Journal of Political Economy

Prof. Dr.-Ing. H.-J. Wagner
University of Essen, Institute of Energy Economics and Environment

Prof. Dr. U. Wagner
Technical University of Munich, Dep. for Energy Industry and Application Technology

Prof. Dr. Werner Wehry
Free University of Berlin, Institute of Meteorology
President of the German Meteorological Society

Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ulrich v. Weizsäcker, Founding President
Wuppertal Institute for Climate Environment Energy
Member of the German Bundestag

Greece

Prof. Dr. Pantelis Capros
Technical University of Athens, Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Hungary

Prof. Dr. Tamás Jászay
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Dep. of Energy

Prof. Erno Meszaros
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Science University of Veszprem, Dep. of Environmental Sciences

Prof. Laszlo Somlyody
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, President Section of Technical Sciences

Prof. Imre Szebenyi D. Sc.
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Dep. of Chemical Technology

Prof. Georg Varalljay
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Institute for Soil Sciences

Italy

Prof. Edgaro Curcio
President of the Italian Association of Energy Economists (AIEE), Rom

Dr. Alessandro Lanza
Director of research for the ENI "Enrico Mattei", Milan

Dr. Andrea Ricci
Director of Institute of Studies for System Integrationns (ISIS), Rom

The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Kornelis Blok
University of Utrecht, Dep. of Science, Technology and Society

Dr. Wouter van Dieren
IMSA Amsterdam, Environmental Consult and Innovation Institute for Environment
and Systems Analysis

Prof. Dr. C. J. Jepma
University of Groningen / University of Amsterdam / Open University of the Netherlands,
Dep. of Economics

Prof. Dr. Wim Turkenburg
University of Utrecht, Dep. of Science, Technology and Society

Prof. Dr. Pier Vellinga
Free University Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Sciences

Poland

Dr. Anna Grzybek
Institute for Building, Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture, Warsaw

Prof. Adam Gula
University of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow, Faculty of Fuels and Energy
Director of the Polish Foundation for Energy Efficiency, Krakow

Prof. Piotr Kowalik
Polytechnical University of Gdansk

Prof. Stanislaw Mierzwinski
Silesian Technical University Gliwice, Faculty of Environmental Energy Engineering

Dr. Aleksander Panek
Warsaw University of Technology

Prof. Janusz Piechocki
University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn

Prof. Maciej J. Sadowski
The Polish Executive Office for the Climate Convention, Warsaw

Portugal

Prof. Álvaro Martins Monteiro
Technical University of Lisbon, Dep. of Economy and Energy of Transport and Environment (CEEETA)

Prof. Júlia Seixas
New University of Lisbon, Dep. of Environmental Systems Analysis

Dr. Manuel Fernandes
Technical University of Lisbon, Dep. of Economy and Energy of Transport and Environment (CEEETA)

Eng. Carlos Piment
Technical University of Lisbon, Dep. of Economy and Energy of Transport and Environment (CEEETA)
Former Secretary of State for Environment

Russia

Dr. Igor A. Bashmakov, Executive Director
Center for Energy Efficiency (CENEf), Moscow

Dr. Lydia Popova, Program Director
Socio-Ecological Union, Moscow, Nuclear Ecology Program

Sweden

Prof. Dr. Christian Azar
Chalmers University of Technology
Göteborg University, Institute of Physical Resource Theory

Prof. Alf Hornborg
Lund University, Human Ecology Division

Prof. Dr. Thomas Johansson, Programme Director
UNDP United Nations Development Programme, Energy and Atmosphere Programme

Prof. Dr. Eva Selin Lindgren
Göteborg University, Dep. of Environmental Physics

Prof. Dr. Lars Nilson
Lund University, Lund Dep. of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies

Prof. Dr. Uno Svedin
University of Linköping, Dep. of Water and Environmental Studies

Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Brigitta Amman
University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences

Prof. Dr. Martin Beniston
University of Fribourg, Dep. of Geosciences

Prof. Dr. Beat Bürgenmeier
University of Genf, Faculty of Economic and Social Science

Prof. Dr. Meinrad K. Eberle, Director
Paul Scherrer Insitute (PSI), Villingen, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Daniel Favrat
Swiss Federal Institute, Lausanne, Dep. of mechanical Engineering

Prof. Dr. Wilfried Haeberli
University of Zürich,
Dep. of Geography

Prof. Dr. Johannes Hunziker
University of Lausanne, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography

Dr. Fortunat Joos
University of Bern, Physics Institute

Prof. Dr. Christian Körner
University of Basel, Institute of Botany

Prof. Dr. Michel Monbaron
University of Fribourg, Institute of Geography

Prof. Dr. Daniel Spreng
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE)

Prof. Dr. Rudolf von Rohr
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Institute of Process Engineering

Prof. Dr. Heinz Wanner
University of Bern, Institute of Climatology and Meteorology

Prof. Dr. Alexander Wokaun
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), General Energy Research
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich

United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. John Chesshire
University of Sussex, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)

Prof. Dr. Terry Barker
University of Cambridge, Cambridge Econometrics

Prof. Dr. Michael Grubb
Imperial College Centre for Environmenatl Technology (ICCET),
TH Huxley School of Environment, Earth Science and Engineering
Editor in chief of Climate Policy

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