Bucharest, 2 October, 2012 The Annual Assembly of the Club of Rome has elected WRF Board Member Anders Wijkman and WRF keynote speaker Ernst Ulrich von Weizsaecker as new Co-Presidents of the Club. They are “two global leaders who will continue the strong leadership of the Club” said Secretary-General Ian Johnson.

Anders Wijkman (Sweden) is a former member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chairman of the Tällberg Foundation. He has been a member of the WRF Board since April 2012, has moderated the industry plenary session of WRF 2011 (together with Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel) and made a lasting impression at WRF 2009 by moderating the plenary discussion round on the draft Conference Declaration.

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsaecker (Germany) is a former member of the German Parliament and is Co-Chair of UNEP’s International Resource Panel. He has been a keynote speaker at several editions of the World Resources Forum. He was founder and president of the Wuppertal Institute.

WRF’s President, Xaver Edelmann has congratulated the two new Co-Presidents of the Club of Rome and expressed his expectation that the elections will strengthen the cooperation between the Forum and the Club.

For more information see the website of the Club of Rome.