Professor Paul R. Ehrlich is Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University. is Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University. He is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Professor Ehrlich has received several honorary degrees, the John Muir Award of the Sierra Club, the Gold Medal Award of the World Wildlife Fund International, a MacArthur Prize Fellowship, the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (given in lieu of a Nobel Prize in areas where the Nobel is not given), in 1993 the Volvo Environmental Prize, in 1994 the United Nations' Sasakawa Environment Prize, in 1995 the Heinz Award for the Environment, in 1998 the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement and the Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, in 1999 the Blue Planet Prize, in 2001 the Eminent Ecologist Award of the Ecological Society of America and the Distinguished Scientist Award of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
Ramachandra Guha is an Indian historian and biographer whose research interests have included environment, social, political and cricket history. He is also a columnist for the newspapers The Hindu, The Hindustan Times and The Telegraph. Between 1985 and 2000, he had taught at various universities in India, Europe and North America, including the University of California, Berkeley, Yale University, Stanford University and at Oslo University, and later at the Indian Institute of Science. Since then, he has been a full-time writer. Guha is also the author of the bestselling history of independent India , "India after Gandhi". Ramachandra Guha is the Chairholder of the Arne Næss Chair 2008.
Richard J.T. Klein is a geographer, and currently researcher at Stockholm Environmental Institute. He has sixteen years of research experience on human vulnerability and adaptation to climate variability and change. He is an internationally leading expert on adaptation science and climate policy and has been involved in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 1993, most recently as coordinating lead author in the Fourth Assessment Report. He also contributed to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, and Tony Blair’s report “Breaking the Climate Deadlock”. His current research interests include methodological aspects of vulnerability assessment, societal adaptation to climate change, and integration of climate and development policy.
James Lovelock is an independent scientist, environmentalist, author and researcher, Doctor Honoris Causa of several universities throughout the world, he is considered since several decades as a one of the main ideological leaders, if not the main one, in the history of the development of environmental awareness. James Lovelock is still today one of the main authors in the environmental field. He is the author of " The GaiaTheory ", " The Ages of Gaia ", "Homage to GAIA", and" The Revenge of Gaia ". James Lovelock is in favor of the use of clean nuclear energy, respectful of the environment : read the introduction of James Lovelock to the book "Environmentalists Nuclear Energy". He supports the Association of Environmentalists For Nuclear Energy (EFN). James Lovelock was Chairholder of the Arne Næss Chair in 2007.
Jørgen Randers is professor of policy analysis at the Norwegian School of Management (BI), where he teaches scenario analysis and corporate responsibility. He lectures internationally on the issue of sustainable development, within and outside corporations. He is non-executive member of a number of corporate boards, and also the "sustainability councils" of the British Telecom and the city of Rotterdam. He was formerly President of the Norwegian School of Management 1981 - 89, and Deputy Director-general of WWF International (World Wide Fund for Nature) in Switzerland 1994 - 99. He has authored a number of books and scientific papers, including "The Limits to Growth" (1972) and "Limits to Growth - The 30 Year Update" (2004) .
Dr. Stephen H. Schneider is the Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Professor of Biological Sciences, Professor (by courtesy) of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and a Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University. Internationally recognized for research, policy analysis and outreach in climate change, Dr. Schneider focuses on climate change science, integrated assessment of ecological and economic impacts of human-induced climate change, and identifying viable climate policies and technological solutions. He has consulted with federal agencies and/or White House staff in the Nixon, Carter, Reagan, G.H.W. Bush, Clinton and G.W. Bush administrations. He is actively involved with the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and along with four generations of IPCC authors, he received a collective Nobel Peace Prize for their joint efforts in 2007. Stephen Schneider is Chairholder of the Arne Næss Chair 2009.