Archived publications
Statements and Recommendations
- Position
of the German Council for Sustainable Development on Current Climate
Policy Issues (November 2008);
- Credible
– cost-effective – viable for the future: modern procurement policies
must be sustainable - Recommendations to the
German Federal Government, (August 2008);
- Progress Report 2008 on the National Strategy for Sustainable
Development (July 2008);
- What
traffic lights are on red? Analysis of the values of the sustainability
indicators submitted by the Council for Sustainable Development on the
basis of the “Indicator Report 2006” of the Federal Statistical Office
of Germany, (June 2008);
- Conserving biodiversity now means: Making biomass production sustainable,
recommendations to the German Federal Government (April 2008)
- Progress Report 2001 - 2007 of the German Council for Sustainable Development,
(February 2007);
- Corporate
Responsibility in a Globalised World - Recommendations to the German
Federal Government and the German business sector on Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR), (September 2006);
- Important,
overdue and to be revised - Comments submitted by the German Council
for Sustainable Development on the review of the EU Sustainable
Development Strategy, (February 2006)
- "World
without Sustainability Policy" - Commentary on the Review of the UN
Millennium Development Goals at the UN General Assembly, (September
2005)
- "In Unerring Pursuit of the Recurrent Theme",
Statement by the German Council for Sustainable Development on the
Progress Report 2004 relating to the German Government’s Sustainable
Strategy, (January 2005);
- "Efficiency and Energy Research as Components of a
Consistent Energy Policy", Recommendations of the German Council
for Sustainable Development to the German Government, (November 2004);
- Strengthening Sustainable Development
in the EU Recommendations
from the EEAC Working Group on Sustainable Development as a
contribution to the review of the European Sustainable Development
Strategy and the preparation of the EU Spring Council in 2004
Chairmen’s Paper,
(November 2003);
- Recommendations submitted
by the Council to the German Government on the
Issue of "Export of used goods and building practice
for buildings", (November 2003);
- The Perspectives for Coal in a
Sustainable Energy Industry. Guidelines for a Modern Coal Policy and
the Promotion of
Innovation, (September 2003);
- Statement of the RNE on the National
Strategy on Sustainability of the German Government, (February 2002);
- Statement on the German government's
pilot
projects for sustainable development.
Selected Contributions
- Speech
by Volker Hauff: Policy Meets Land Management – Contributions to the
Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, Konferenz der Technischen
Universität München, (April 2008);
- Speech
by Volker Hauff: Sustainability management is about dealing with
conflicts, also regarding chemical industries, SusChem Stakeholder and
Brokerage event “Realising our sustainable future”, Berlin, (January 2008);
- Speech
by Volker
Hauff: The Brundtland Report:
An update Key note speech for the
meeting organised by the Belgian Federal Council for Sustainable Development,
Egmont Palais, Brussels, (October
2007);
- Speech
by Klaus Töpfer: Meeting global challenges – The
contribution of SD strategies, European
Sustainability Berlin 07 (ESB07) (June
2007);
- Speech
by Volker Hauff: Brundtland Report: A 20 Years Update,
European Sustainability, Berlin 07 (ESB07) „Linking Policies,
Implementation, and Civil Society Action", Berlin (June
2007);
- Speech
by Klaus Töpfer: The Future Impact of Environmental Science on
Political Strategy, 4th BMBF Forum
for Sustainability “L2L Sustainable Neighbourhood – from
Lisbon to Leipzig through Research”, Leipzig, (May
2007);
- Speech
by Volker Hauff: Influencing policy on energy and consumption:
The role of the Sustainable Development Commissions in Germany and
the UK, London
(February 2007);
- Speech
by Angelika Zahrnt “The art of thinking the tomorrow”, 6th Annual Conference, Berlin
(September 2006);
- Speech
by Volker Hauff "Early Warning and long term
sustainability", Major’s
Conference on Early Warning, Bonn (March 2006);
- Speech
by Angelika Zahrnt on the Conference "Sustainable Churches -
Management for a Churche with a Future", Salzburg (2005);
- Speech
by Klaus Töpfer " "Environmental Degradation and Poverty as
Inhibitors of Economic Growth" 5th Annual Conference of the German
Council for Sustainable Development, Berlin, (September 2005);
- Speech
by Volker Hauff "Why an
international dialogue on sustainability
and growth?" Kick-off meeting BRICS+G Sustainability and Growth in
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Germany, Berlin, (March 2005);
- Speech
by Volker Hauff "Values for the
Future", 4th Annual Conference of
the German Council for Sustainable Development, (November 2004);
- Contribution
by Hubert Weinzierl "Good questions: educational policies and
sustainability", (2003);
- Speech by Margot Käßmann "Justice
and Peace will kiss each other" WSF testimony beim Weltsozialforum
Porto
Alegre, (February 2003);
- Contribution by Volker Hauff "Globalisation
is Making New Sustainability Concepts Necessary" German Policy on
Sustainability 10 Years After Rio and 100 Days Before
Johannesburg
- Speech by Jochen Flasbarth Panel
discussion: Partnerships on their Way to Johannesburg World Bank Forum, Berlin,
(May 2002);
- Speech by Angelika Zahrnt "Expectations
for research from the standpoint of a practical sustainability policy"
Speech held on the occasion of the kick-off meeting Winning the
future -
the contribution of socio-ecological research, (May 2002);
- Speech by
Matthias Platzeck "Sustainable
Spatial Development - More Than Just Empty Words?" Speech at the
opening of
the 2002 scientific plenary session of the Academy for Spatial and
Regional
Planning, Potsdam, (April 2002);
- Speech by Edda Müller "Sustainable
Development as a Project in International Politics" Lecture given to a
circle of experts of the Research Institute of the German Society for
Foreign
Policy, Berlin, (April 2002);
- Opening
Speech by Volker Hauff Conference
of the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) on
"Sustainability -
The Next Step. 10 Years after Rio and 100 Days to
Johannesburg", State Council Building, Berlin, (May 2002);
- Contribution by Margot
Käßmann "The
Spirit of Sustainability";
- Speech by Volker Hauff National
Preliminary Conference on the Johannesburg Summit 2002, Berlin, (November 2001);
- Report
on the kick-off meeting of the German Council for Sustainable
Development (RNE)
in Berlin, Report of the Council's head, (September 2001).