Hans Joachim Schellnhuber became a member of what organization or association in 2012?
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Hans Joachim John Schellnhuber ( born 7 June 1950 ) is a German atmospheric physicist , climatologist and founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ( PIK ) and former chair of the German Advisory Council on Global Change ( WBGU ) . Education . Schellnhuber studied mathematics and physics , obtaining a doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Regensburg in 1980 , followed in 1985 by habilitation ( qualification for office ) in theoretical physics at the University of Oldenburg . In 1981 , he became a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Theoretical Physics ( ITP ) at the University of California , Santa Barbara , working across the corridor from its director Walter Kohn , who became one of his academic supervisors . Career . Originally interested in solid state physics and quantum mechanics , Schellnhuber became drawn to complex systems and nonlinearity or chaos theory . As a full professor for theoretical physics and then director at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment at Oldenburg University , he was involved in analysing the structure of ocean currents . In 1991 , he was called upon to create the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ( PIK ) , and became its director in 1993 – making it grow from zero to one of the worlds most renowned climate research institutes with today more than 300 employees following an interdisciplinary approach . As early as 1995 Schellnhuber proposed the 2 °C guardrail for global warming which was adopted first by the German government and the European Union and then , following the Copenhagen accord in 2009 , as a global target by governments worldwide . From 2001–2005 Schellnhuber served as research director of the Tyndall Centre in England and became a visiting professor at the University of Oxford . Schellnhuber has been professor at the University of Potsdam , Germany , and an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute in the US . As a long-standing member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which was jointly awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize , Schellnhuber has been a coordinating lead author of the synthesis chapter of Working Group II of the IPCCs Third Assessment Report . He has warned of dire consequences of continued global warming As an expert on climatological tipping points , he is a public speaker on the subject . In 2017 , Schellnhuber said that unless climate action is taken by 2020 , the world may be fatally wounded . Achievements . Schellnhuber has helped create numerous iconic concepts such as the analysis of tipping elements in the climate system , the burning embers , and the budget approach for emissions . Honors . In 2002 , Schellnhuber received the Royal Societys Wolfson Research Merit Award In 2004 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appointed him to Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) . In 2005 , the National Academy of Sciences ( US ) appointed him as a member . He was awarded the German Environment Prize in 2007 . In that same year , he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . In 2011 , he was the first German to receive the Volvo Environment Prize , which is the highest-ranking award in the field of environmental sciences worldwide . He was honoured with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ( first class ) as well and holds honorary doctorates from Copenhagen University and Technical University of Berlin . In 2007 , Schellnhuber started A Nobel Cause – Nobel Laureate Symposium Series on Global Sustainability in Potsdam , bringing together Nobel Laureates from all disciplines with leading sustainability scientists . In 2009 , this event took place in London and in 2011 in Stockholm , where the UN general secretarys High Level Panel on Sustainability came to the meeting to receive a memorandum that was fed into the Rio+20 conference in 2012 . In 2017 , Schellnhuber was awarded the Blue Planet Prize of the Asahi Glass Foundation . Civic involvement and service . As one of the leading climate scientists worldwide , he has been a consultant to the former President of the European Union Commission , José Manuel Barroso . In 2007 , he was appointed Chief Government Advisor on Climate and Related Issues during Germanys EU Council Presidency and G8 Presidency . Schellnhuber offers scientific insights to business leaders , as a member of the Climate Change Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank and chair of the governing board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technologys Climate Knowledge and Innovation Communities ( EIT Climate KIC ) . In 2012 , he was the lead-author of a report commissioned by the World Bank on possible impacts of a 4 degrees Celsius warming towards the end of the 21st century . This report received a lot of attention worldwide . That same year , Schellnhuber presented the keynote at the gala dinner that opened the high-level segment of the world climate summit COP18 in Doha , Qatar . In the presence of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon and UNFCCCs boss Christiana Figueres , a few days later Schellnhuber signed an agreement with the Qatar Foundation to jointly create a Climate change research institute in Qatar – a remarkable step as the countrys wealth for decades had been based on exporting fossil fuels . In 2013 , Schellnhuber was one of 18 prominent international scientists to launch the Earth League , a global interdisciplinary alliance of leading research institutes that focus on Earth system analysis and sustainability science , including economy . UN Security Council members Pakistan and UK asked him to speak at a meeting of the Council under the Arria Formula , the meeting at the UN headquarter in New York was attended by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon . In the runup of the world climate summit in Warsaw , Schellnhuber discussed possible ways forward with the president of Cop19 , the Polish Minister of the Environment Marcin Korolec . To advance the state of science , Schellnhuber initiated the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project ( ISI-MIP ) that involves more than 30 research teams from 12 countries . In 2013 , the scientific journal Nature called it the first comprehensive global-impact project – it aims at identifying robust insights as well as research gaps , based on a yet unprecedentedly broad comparison of computer simulations of future climate change impacts such as water scarcity , floodings , or yield changes . In 2013 , Schellnhubers efforts resulted in the Impacts World Conference in Potsdam followed by a special feature on first ISI-MIP results in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ) . Schellnhuber has been serving as chair of the Climate-KIC ( Knowledge and Innovation Community ) governing board , which is affiliated to the European Institute of Innovation and Technology ( EIT ) . This institution aims at fostering low-carbon entrepreneurship and innovation . Schellnhuber signed the Potsdam Denkschrift calling for a change in thinking to enable sustainable development . The German magazine Cicero in 2012 ranked him amongst the 500 most important German intellectuals . Personal life . He is married to Margret Boysen . Publications . Schellnhuber has published more than 250 scientific papers and has authored , co-authored , or edited 50 books or book chapters . - Schellnhuber , H . J. , Crutzen , P.J. , Clark , W.C. , Claussen , M . and Held , H . ( Eds. ) ( 2004 ) . Earth System Analysis for Sustainability . MIT Press , Cambridge , MA , London , UK - Schellnhuber , H . J . and Wenzel V . ( 1998 ) . Earth System Analysis : Integrating Science for Sustainability . Springer Verlag , Berlin . - Schellnhuber , H . J . et al . ( Eds. ) ( 2006 ) . Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change . Cambridge University Press , Cambridge , UK - Schellnhuber , H . J . et al . ( 2009 ) . Solving the climate dilemma : The budget approach . WBGU Special Report , WBGU , Berlin - Schellnhuber , H . J , Molina , M. , Stern , N. , Huber , V . and Kadner , S . ( Eds. ) ( 2010 ) . Global Sustainability – A Nobel Cause . Cambridge University Press , Cambridge - Kropp , J . P . and Schellnhuber , H . J . ( Eds. ) ( 2011 ) . In Extremis : Disruptive Events and Trends in Climate and Hydrology . Springer Verlag , Berlin - Richardson , K. , Steffen , W. , Liverman , D. , et al . ( including Schellnhuber , H . J. ) ( 2011 ) . Climate Change : Global Risks , Challenges and Decisions . Cambridge University Press , Cambridge - Schellnhuber , H . J . et al . ( 2011 ) . World in Transition – A Social Contract for Sustainability . WBGU Report , WBGU , Berlin - Kundzewicz , Z . W . et al . ( including Schellnhuber , H . J. ) ( 2012 ) . Changes in Flood Risks – Setting the Stage . In Kundzewicz , Z . W . ( Ed. ) ( 2012 ) . Changes in Flood Risks in Europe . IAHS Press , Oxfordshire , UK , 11 - Schellnhuber , H.J. , Hare , W. , Serdeczny , O . et al . ( 2012 ) . Turn Down the Heat – Why a 4 °C Warmer World Must be Avoided . A Report commissioned by The World Bank