Jørgen Randers

Jørgen Randers

Jørgen Randers (born May 22, 1945 in Worcester , England ) is a Norwegian university professor , author and futurologist .

Life

Randers graduated from Oslo University and received his PhD in 1973 from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts . From 1981 to 1989 he was President of the BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, Norway . From 1994 to 1999 he held the post of Deputy Director General of the World Wide Fund For Nature in Switzerland .

Teaching

Randers is Professor of Climate Strategies at BI Norwegian Business School and, in addition to general climate issues, also deals with topics such as scenario technology and system dynamics . He often gives lectures to company representatives abroad on topics such as sustainable development , especially with regard to climate change and the threat of global warming .

Other activities

Randers is a member of the supervisory boards of the Norwegian company Tomra and the advisory board for sustainable business at British Telecom and the US Dow Chemical Company . From 2005 to 2006 he was the chairman of the Norwegian Commission on Greenhouse Gas Reduction . The commission presented a report showing how the country could reduce two thirds of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

author

Randers became known in 1972 as a co-author of the study The Limits to Growth of the Club of Rome . This study was updated with updates in 1992 and 2004 . This was followed by book 2052. The new report to the Club of Rome , which was voted into the top ten future literature of 2012 by the Robert Jungk Library for future issues in the magazine proZukunft . One percent is enough was published in 2016 .

Publications

• 1972: with Donella H. Meadows and Dennis L. Meadows : The Limits to Growth: A Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind . Earth Island, London 1972, ISBN 0-85644-008-6 .
  • 1972: as co-author: The Limits to Growth .
• 1992: in German, as a co-author with Donella H. Meadows and Dennis L. Meadows: The new limits to growth: The situation of humanity, threats and future opportunities . Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-421-06626-4 .
  • 1992: Original edition in English: Beyond the Limits: Confronting Global Collapse, Envisioning a Sustainable Future . Chelsea Green Publications, Post Mills (Vermont), USA, ISBN 0-930031-55-5 .
• 2004: with Donella H. Meadows and Dennis L. Meadows: Limits to Growth: The 30 Years Update . Chelsea Green Publications, Post Mills (Vermont), USA, ISBN 1-931498-58-X .
  • 2006: in German: The Limits to Growth. The 30 year update. 4th edition. Hirzel, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-7776-2228-6 .
• 2012: 2052: A Global Forecast for the next Forty Years . Chelsea Green Publications, White River Junction, Vermont, USA, ISBN 978-1-60358-467-8 .
  • 2012: in German: 2052. The new report to the Club of Rome . A global forecast for the next 40 years . Oekom, Munich, ISBN 978-3-86581-398-5 .
• 2016: One percent is enough . Fighting social justice, unemployment and climate change with less growth . Report to the Club of Rome , together with Graeme Maxton , oekom Verlag , Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-86581-810-2 .

as editor

• 1980: Elements of the System Dynamics Methods. MIT Press, Cambridge (Massachusetts), ISBN 0-262-18092-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Jørgen Randers in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website about climate strategies
• Website for book 2052. The new report to the Club of Rome . English

Individual evidence

1. ↑ We will experience a collapse In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . May 8, 2012.
2. ↑ Only catastrophes help. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . December 29, 2012, p. 13.