Rockefeller – Controlling the Game (38 page)

Appendix B. Earth Charter

The
Earth Charter, drafted 1994–2000,
is an international declaration of values and principles, “to guide the transition towards a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world.”

1. Respect Earth and life in all its diversity.
   

1. Care for the community of life with understanding, compassion and love.
   

1. Build democratic societies that are just, participatory, sustainable and peaceful.
   

1. Secure Earth's bounty and beauty for present and future generations.
   

1. Protect and restore the integrity of Earth's ecological systems, with special concern for biological diversity and the natural processes that sustain life.
   

1. Prevent harm as the best method of environmental protection and, when knowledge is limited, apply a precautionary approach.
   

1. Adopt patterns of production, consumption and reproduction that safeguard Earth's regenerative capacities, human rights and community well-being.
   

1. Advance the study of ecological sustainability and promote the open exchange and wide application of the knowledge acquired.
   

1. Eradicate poverty as an ethical, social and environmental imperative.
   

1. Ensure that economic activities and institutions at all levels promote human development in an equitable and sustainable manner.
   

1. Affirm gender equality and equity as prerequisites to sustainable development and ensure universal access to education, health care and economic opportunity.
   

1. Uphold the right of all, without discrimination, to a natural and social environment supportive of human dignity, bodily health and spiritual well-being, with special attention to the rights of indigenous peoples and minorities.
   

1. Strengthen democratic institutions at all levels, and provide transparency and accountability in governance, inclusive participation in decision-making, and access to justice.
   

1. Integrate into formal education and lifelong learning the knowledge, values and skills needed for a sustainable way of life.
   

1. Treat all living beings with respect and consideration.
   

1. Promote a culture of tolerance, nonviolence and peace.
   

Source:
earthcharter.org

Appendix C. Agenda 2030

On 25 september 25, 2015, the global framework Agenda 2030 was signed by United Nations member states. It includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs), and 169 targets.

The 17 SDGs

1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
   

1. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
   

1. Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages.
   

1. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all.
   

1. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
   

1. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
   

1. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
   

1. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
   

1. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation.
   

1. Reduce income inequality within and among countries.
   

1. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
   

1. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
   

1. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in renewable energy.
   

1. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
   

1. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
   

1. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
   

1. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
   

Source:
sustainabledevelopment.un.org

Appendix D.
Models

Appendix E: Timeline

Organisations and projects related to the Rockefellers and climate history.
Rockefeller family members, organisations and projects
in
bold.

Year –
ORGANISATION / PROJECT
– Founder

1870
–
STANDARD OIL
—
John D. Rockefeller
&
William A. Rockefeller Jr.

1890
–
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
—
John D. Rockefeller
, Frederick T. Gates

1901
–
ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
—
John D.
Rockefeller
&
Frederick T. Gates

1902 –
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION FOR SCIENCE
— Andrew Carnegie

1903 –
SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
— Fred Baker

1904 –
GENERAL EDUCATION BOARD
—
John D. Rockefeller
& Frederick T. Gates

1910 –
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE
— Andrew Carnegie

1911 –
CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK
— Andrew Carnegie

1911 –
EQUITABLE TRUST COMPANY
—
John D. Rockefeller

1911 –
BUREAU OF SOCIAL HYGIENE
—
John D. Rockefeller Jr.

1913 –
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
—
John D. Rockefelle
r, Frederick T. Gates

1913 –
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH DIVISION
—
Rockefeller Foundation

1914 –
CHINA MEDICAL BOARD
—
Rockefeller Foundation

1914 –
MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
— Alfred P. Sloan

1920 –
LEAGUE OF NATIONS

1921 –
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
—
John D. Jr.
& J. P. Morgan Chase

1924 –
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF NEW YORK
—
John D. Rockefeller Jr.

1927 –
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
—
John D. Rockefeller Jr.

1927 –
KETTERING FOUNDATION
— Charles F. Kettering

1929 –
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
—
Abby A. Rockefeller

1929 –
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
—
Equitable Trust Co.

1930 –
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
—
Rockefeller Foundation

1930 –
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY (NAS)
— Abraham Flexner

1931-39 –
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC UNIONS (ICSU)

1931 –
ROCKEFELLER CENTER
—
John D. Rockefeller Jr.

1934 –
ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION
— Alfred P. Sloan

1936 –
FORD FOUNDATION
– Henry Ford & Edsel Ford

1940 –
ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND
—
John D. III, Nelson, Laurance, Winthrop, David

1942 –
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY
— Carl-Gustaf Rossby

1944 –
W. ALTON JONES FOUNDATION
— Alton Jones

1945 –
UNITED NATIONS

1945 –
UNESCO
— Julian Huxley

1945 –
THE WORLD BANK

1945 –
BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS
— Eugene Rabinowitch, Hyman H. Goldsmith

1946 –
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
— Vannevar Bush

1946 –
OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH
— Vannevar Bush

1946 –
METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTION STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY (MISU)
— Carl-Gustaf Rossby, University of Chicago, U.S. Weather Bureau

1946 –
ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS INC.
—
Laurance Rockefeller
, Harper Woodward, Ted Walkowicz

1948 –
CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
— Fairfield Osborn,
Laurance Rockefeller

1948 –
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE
— Julian Huxley

1949 –
ASPEN INSTITUTE
— Walter Paepcke, Guiseppe Borgese, Robert M. Hutchins

1949 –
TELLUS
(journal) —Carl-Gustaf Rossby

1952 –
POPULATION COUNCIL
—
John D. Rockefeller III
& Frederick Osborn

1954 –
BILDERBERG
—
David Rockefeller,
Prince Bernard, Jozef Retinger

1955 –
INTERNATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE
— Carl-Gustaf Rossby

1955-56 –
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION (BEAR)
—
Rockefeller Foundation
, NAS

1956 –
ASIA SOCIETY
—
John D. III

1956 –
ATMOSPHERIC CO2 PROGRAM OF THE IGY
— Scripps Institution of Oceanography

1956-60 –
RBF SPECIAL STUDIES PROJECT
—
Nelson Rockefeller
,
RBF

1957 –
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON OCEANIC RESEARCH
— ICSU

1957-58 –
INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR
— ICSU

1958 –
AMERICAN CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
—
Laurance Rockefeller

1958 – [
WEATHERHEAD] CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, HARVARD
— McGeorge Bundy, Henry Kissinger, Robert Bowie

1960 –
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (NCAR)
— Walter Orr Roberts

1961 –
WWF
— Prince Bernhard, Prince Philip, Julian Huxley"

1963 –
COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS (COAS)
—
David Rockefeller

1963 –
ASIAN CULTURAL COUNCIL
—
John D. Rockefeller III

1964 –
HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION STUDIES
—
Rockefeller Foundation
, Roger Revelle

1964 –
DAVID AND LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION
— David & Lucile Packard (HP)

1964 –
UN CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD)
— Raúl Prebisch

1965 –
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
—Lyndon B. Johnson

1966 –
WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION
— William & Flora Hewlett (HP)

1966 –
WORLD FUTURE SOCIETY
— Edward Cornish & Barbara Marx Hubbard

1967 –
ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND
— John D. III, Nelson, Laurance, David, Martha

1967 –
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE FUND
— George Woodwell, Ford Foundation

1968 –
GREENACRE FOUNDATION
— Babs Rockefeller Mauzé

1968 –
CLUB OF ROME
— Aurelio Peccei, Alexander King"

1969 –
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
— David Brower

1969 –
VENROCK
—
Rockefeller Brothers Inc.

1969 –
CHASE INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
—Chase Manhattan Bank, David Rockefeller

1970 –
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENCE COUNCIL
— John Bryson, Gustave Speth, George Woodwell

1970 –
MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
— John & Catherine MacArthur

1971 –
CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT (CRU), U. EAST ANGLIA
— Graham Sutton, Solly Zuckerman

1971 –
CONSULTATIVE GROUP FOR INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (CGIAR)
—
Rockefeller Foundation

1971 –
EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT FORUM
(1987:
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
) — Klaus Schwab

1971 –
PLANETARY CITIZENS
— Donald F. Keys

1971 –
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (IIED)
— Robert O. Anderson & Joseph Slater

1972 –
LINDISFARNE ASSOCIATION
—William Irving Thompson &
Rockefeller Brothers Fund

1972 –
GERMAN MARSHALL FUND
— Guido Goldman

1972 – INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED STUDY (IFIAS) —
Aurelio Peccei, Alexander King, Arne Tiselius

1972 –
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (IIASA)
— McGeorge Bundy, Jermen Gvishiani, Aurelio Peccei, Solly Zuckerman

1972 –
UN CONFERENCE ON HUMAN ENVIRONMENT, STOCKHOLMConference
— United Nations

1972 –
UNEP
— United Nations

1973 –
TRILATERAL COMMISSION
—
David Rockefeller
, Zbigniew Brzezinski

1973-74 –
COMMISSION ON CRITICAL CHOICES FOR AMERICANS
—
Nelson Rockefeller
, Richard Nixon

1974 –
WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE
— Lester Brown,
RBF
,
Rockefeller Foundation

1975 –
G6
— 6 member states

1976 –
G7
— 7 member states

1976 –
CONGRESSIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON THE FUTURE
— Annie Cheatham & Charlie Rose

1977 –
BEIJER INSTITUTE
— Kjell & Märta Beijer

1978 –
CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE
— Al Gore, Newt Gingrich, John Heinz

1978 –
GROUP OF 30
—
Rockefeller Foundation
, Geoffrey Bell

1979 –
NEW YORK CITY PARTNERSHIP
—
David Rockefeller

1980 –
BRANDT COMMISSION
— Willy Brandt & Robert McNamara

1982 –
PALME COMMISSION
— Olof Palme

1982 –
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE
— Gus Speth & MacArthur Foundation

1982 –
KISSINGER ASSOCIATES
— Henry Kissinger

1983-87 –
BRUNDTLAND COMMISSION
— United Nations

1985 –
ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION
—
Rockefeller Family Fund

1985 –
WINROCK INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
—
Winrock International Research and Training Center
;
Agricultural Development Council

1986 –
SYNERGOS
—
Peggy Dulany

1986 –
CLIMATE INSTITUTE
— Crispin Tickell

1987 –
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
— Klaus Schwab

1988 –
IPCC
— WMO, ICSU, UNEP

1989 –
GLOBE
— Congressional Institute for the Future, Al Gore, Hemmo Muntingh

1989 –
DAVID ROCKEFELLER FUND
—
David Rockefeller
,
Peggy Rockefeller

1989 –
GLOBAL CLIMATE COALITION
—
Exxon
,
Mobil
,
Chevron
, Royal Dutch Shell

1989 –
STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE (SEI)
— Beijer Institute, Gordon Goodman, Bert Bolin, Birgitta Dahl

1991 –
LEAD INTERNATIONAL
—
Rockefeller Foundation

1992 –
UN CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, RIO
— United Nations