Anders Wijkman has been a Member of the European Parliament  since 1999, where he is currently  a member of the Committees on Environment, Development Cooperation and Climate Change. Prior to his election to the European  Parliament, he served as Assistant  Secretary-General of the United Nations and Policy  Director of UNDP (1995-1997), Director-General of  SAREC - Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries - (1992-1994), Secretary-General  of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation  (1989-1991) and Secretary Ceneral of the Swedish Red Cross (1979-1988). He is chairman of GLOBE EU and the ZERI Foundation. He is a member of the Club of Rome, the Swedish Royal  Academy of Sciences and the Swedish Royal Academy  of Agriculture and Forestry and a Board member of the Stockholm Resilience Center. He is vice chairman of  the Board of Tällberg Foundation. He is the author of  several books on sustainable development, Hiv/Aids  and European integration.  Born in 1944, Anders is married and has three children.