EIKE

EIKE
founded in the year	2007
City	Jena
Country	Germany
Website	www.eike-klima-energie.eu
address	Unstrutweg 2, 07743 Jena
founder	Holger Thuß
Virtual Networks A "Virtual Network" is a group of Think Tanks identified by certain semantic and normative (ideological) commonalities (e.g. climate change scepticism). Such a virtual network constitutes a research field that differs from the study of formal networks. Formal networks are real in the sense of officially acknowledged and immediately open to empirical validation. Virtual networks on the other hand display shared ideas. Social network analysis tools can be applied to find out if or to what extent virtual networks are real networks that display linkages (membership in networks, personnel, resources etc.). Unconnected think tanks in turn can be considered special cases in need of explanation independent from network structures (unless we have to assume invisible, hidden or covered ties).	Climate Change Skeptics
Last revision	25.11.2019

EIKE (Europäisches Institut für Klima und Energie e.V.) is a German Think Tank dealing with policy issues related to climate change. They are widely known to be climate sceptical. EIKE is strictly opposing the general consent that human activities are contributing to climate change consequences. In their point of view, Climate Change only serves governments to patronize the economy and its populations. EIKE claims to be politically neutral but has ties to the right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) which denies man made global warming as well.

Organizational Structure and Funding

The Think Tank is financed by the contributions of its members and donations.

Address

Unstrutweg 2, 07743 Jena

People

Executive board

People leading the Think Tank in the day to day business (CEOs, directorates etc.).

• Michael Limburg, Vice President (Media and Politics)

• Holger Thuß, Publisher and Publicist

Staff

People working for the Think Tank (Fellows etc.). This includes also part-time employees.

• Horst-Joachim Lüdecke, Spokesperson and Professor for Physics

• Klaus-Eckart Puls, Spokesperson and Meterologist

Members

Members are not actively engaged in the institution, but have some rights (participation in certain events...). Sometimes members have to pay extensive yearly fees.

• Niels Mörner, Professor (ozeanographer) Universität Stockholm

• Heinz Zöttl, Forestry scientist

• Helmut Alt, Professor (degreed engineer) FH Aachen

• Hans Jelbring, Climatologist Universität Stockholm

• Horst-Joachim Lüdecke, Physicist Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes

• Edgar Ludwig Gärtner, Journalist and Author

• Karl-Friedrich Ewert, Professor (geologists) Universität Paderborn

• Hans H.J Labohm, Economist and Publicist

• Horst Malberg, Professor (meteorologist) Freie Universität Berlin

• Richard S. Courtney, Professor (geologist)

• Carl Otto Weiss, Physicist

• Ian Plimer, Professor (geologist), University of Adelaide

• Christopher Monckton, Lord and Journalist, University of Cambridge

• Menzelm Eberhard, Professor FH Dortmund

• Hans-Burkhard Horlacher, Professor Universität Dresden

• Gernot Patzelt, Professor (High Altitude Mountain Research) Universität Innsbruck

• Dieter Ameling, Professor (degreed engineer) Technische Universität Clausthal

• Gerhard Hosemann, Professor (degreed engineer) Universität Erlangen

• Karl-Otto Greulich, Professor (physicist) Universität Jena

Working mode, goals

platform for discussion and scientific publication; public education;

Topics

We used the DGs of the EU to generate a basic list of topics. This list is going to be steadily extended. However we try to preserve a persistent list of topics.

• Environment/Climate Action