Investing in Future Communities
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Mr. Anders Wijkman
Advisory Board, Aurora Borealis Foundation · International Organizations and Civil Society
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Beyond GDP for Sustainable Progress
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Biography
Anders Wijkman is a Swedish opinion leader, author and Honorary President of the Club of Rome. He serves on the UN International Resource Panel, the Supervisory Board of the Climate-KIC Foundation, and chairs Viable Cities. A former member of both the Swedish and European Parliaments, he has also been Secretary General of the Swedish Red Cross, Assistant Secretary-General of the UN and Policy Director of UNDP. He is a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the World Future Council. His books include Bankrupting Nature (with Johan Rockström) and Come On! (with Ernst von Weizsäcker); he also contributed to Earth4All.
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