The members of the Leopoldina are organized in 28 sections that are grouped in four classes.
Standing Committees
Climate, Energy and the Environment
To prevent further global warming, the future energy supply must be free of carbon emissions. Questions about the energy supply and climate and environmental change are closely intertwined. The committee devotes itself to solving crucial environmental problems and to answering the question of how we can manage the transition to a carbon-neutral energy supply.
Members
- Prof. Dr. Alexander Bradshaw ML
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaforschung, München - Prof. Dr. Martin Claussen ML
Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg - Prof. Dr. Paul Crutzen ML
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz - Prof. Dr. Detlef Drenckhahn ML
Universität Würzburg (Spokesperson) - Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer
Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Potsdam - Prof. Dr. Klaus Hasselmann
Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg - Prof. Dr. Karl Leo
Institut für angewandte Photophysik, Dresden - Prof. Dr. Karin Lochte
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven - Prof. Dr. Robert Pitz-Paal
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Köln - Prof. Dr. Ortwin Renn
Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Universität Stuttgart - Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber ML
Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Potsdam (Spokesperson) - Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl ML
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin - Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmid
Fraunhofer-Institut für Windenergie und Energiesystemtechnik, Kassel - Prof. Dr. Ferdi Schüth ML
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim (Spokesperson) - Prof. Dr. Georg Teutsch
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig - Prof. Dr. Rolf Thauer ML
Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Marburg - Prof. Dr. Hermann-Josef Wagner ML
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
ML = Member of the Leopoldina
Working Groups and Pages on the topic
Related Publications
Bioenergy – Chances and Limits (2012)
Energy- and research-policy recommendations following the events in Fukushima (2011)
EASAC Statement „Concentrating Solar Power: its contribution to a sustainable energy future” (2011)
List of Experts for the Year of Science 2010 „The Future of Energy“
EASAC Statement „Climate change and infectious diseases in Europe” (2010)
IAMP Statement on the health co-benefits of policies to tackle climate change (2010)
Konzept für ein integriertes Energieforschungsprogramm für Deutschland (2009)
EASAC Statement „Ecosystem services and biodiversity” in Europe (2009)
EASAC Statement “Global Climate Change is Essentially a Global Energy Change” (2009)
IAP Statement On Ocean Acidification (2009)
IAP Statement On Tropical Forests And Climate Change (2009)
G8 Statement „Climate Change Adaptation and the Transition to a Low Carbon Society” (2008)
G8 Statement „Sustainability, energy efficiency and climate protection (2007)
G8 Statement „Energy Sustainability and Security” (2006)
G8 Statement „Global response to climate change” (2005)
EASAC Statement „A user’s guide to biodiversity indicators” (2005)
Empfehlungen für die Energieversorgung in Deutschland (2003)
