John Holdren

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John Holdren

John Holdren ( John P. Holdren ; born March 1, 1944 in Sewickley , Pennsylvania ) is an American physicist. He was the science and technology advisor to US President Barack Obama .

On March 19, 2009, he was confirmed as Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) by a unanimous vote in the Senate . Previously, he was Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and Head of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, which is also based at Harvard University .

Holdren has authored over 300 articles and has co-authored and co-edited books and reports. With his participation, the books: Energy (1971), Human Ecology (1973), Ecoscience (1977), Energy in Transition (1980), Earth and the Human Future (1986), Strategic Defenses and the Future of the Arms Race were created (1987), Building Global Security Through Cooperation (1990), Conversion of Military R&D (1998) and Ending the Energy Stalemate (2004).

Holdren is Chairman of the Board of Innovations: Technology | Governance | Globalization , a quarterly magazine from MIT Press about business solutions to global problems.

biography

Holdren earned his bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1965 . In 1970 he graduated from Stanford University with a Ph.D. from. Holdren taught at the University of California, Berkeley for over 20 years . His work focuses on global environmental change, energy technology, energy policy, nuclear arms control, science and technology policy.

From February 2007 to February 2008, Holdren served as the chairman of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

After his nomination, Holdren became the target of a public campaign by anti-abortion and anti-climate policies. The attacks against Holdren are mainly based on passages in his contribution to a book published in 1977, which discusses possible measures to control overpopulation of the earth, including improved family planning and easier access to contraception and abortions, but also forced abortions and sterilization of women after they have given birth to a certain number of children.

Holdren opposes the use of nuclear weapons in response to attacks with biological and chemical weapons. He is open to scientifically investigating the question of whether, if necessary, the threat of global warming could be prevented with the use of available technical means (" geo-engineering "). Holdren was named 34th in the Top Hundred Global Thought Leaders of 2009 along with Steven Chu of Foreign Policy ; Their merit: They have given top science political influence again.

Holdren also takes an active part in the public debate on the climate crisis . He once said about the relationship between climate protection , climate adaptation and the suffering from global warming : “We basically have three options: protection, adaptation and suffering. We will have a part of everyone. The question arises what the mix will be like. The more protection we operate, the less adjustment will be required and the less suffering there will be. "

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Gardiner Harris: 4 Top Science Advisers Are Named by Obama . In: The New York Times . December 20, 2008.
  2. ↑ Statement of Dr. John P. Holdren Director-designate Office of Science and Technology Policy Executive Office of the President for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate Washington, DC February 12, 2009
  3. ↑ American Association for the Advancement of Science : Science Blog Reports Obama to Name John P. Holdren as Science Adviser ( Memento of the original of December 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aaas.org archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . December 18, 2008
  4. ↑ Science Blog Reports Obama to Name John P. Holdren as Science Adviser ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aaas.org
  5. ↑ Steven Ertelt: President Obama's Science Czar John Holdren Once Backed Forced Abortions . In: LifeNews.com. July 14, 2009
  6. ↑ Steven Ertelt: Obama Science Advisor John Holdren Also Said Newborn Baby Not Fully Human . In: LifeNews.com. July 29, 2009
  7. ^ Andrew Plemmons Pratt: Right-wing Attacks on Science Adviser Continue . In: Science Progress. July 21, 2009
  8. ^ Paul R. Ehrlich , Anne H. Ehrlich & John P. Holdren:Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment. WH Freeman, San Francisco 1977
  9. ^ The Human Predicament: Finding a Way Out. In: Ecoscience, pp. 786-789
  10. ↑ Goldberg, Michelle. "Holdren's Controversial Population Control Past" , The American Prospect 21 July, 2009
  11. ↑ The Washington Times : Obama names climate change experts to posts . December 20, 2008
  12. ↑ Alok Jha: Obama climate adviser open to geo-engineering to tackle global warming . In: The Guardian . April 8, 2009
  13. ↑ Foreign Policy: The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers . December 2009
  14. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/world/30climate.html
personal data
SURNAME Holdren, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holdren, John P.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physicist and political advisor
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Sewickley , Pennsylvania