Peter Bartelmus

Peter Bartelmus holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Heidelberg. He is an honorary professor of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal and has been teaching economics of sustainable development at Wuppertal (Germany) and Columbia (New York) universities. At the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi and UN headquarters in New York, he developed systems of environmental statistics and accounting that were published as international guidelines of the United Nations. As director of the environment division of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy he sought to combine environmental and ecological economics in measurement and policy analysis. His books and articles advance new concepts and methods of environmental indicators, accounts and sustainability.

 

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