European Academy of Environmental Affairs
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The European Academy for Environmental Affairs (also known as: European Academy of Environmental Affairs, probably identical with the Europäische Akademie für Umweltfragen, e.V., Tübingen) is/was a private organization which is known mainly because it gave its label for the Leipzig Declaration on Global Climate Change, a SEPP-initiated document in which some scientists argue against global warming theories.
In 1993 this Academy held a conference in Mannheim under the title "Globale Erwärmung - Tatsache oder Behauptung?" (Global warming -- fact or fiction?). [1] (http://www.iwoe.de/Klimakatastrophe/darst4.html)
On [2] (http://www.iwoe.de/EuropAkademie.html) there is a list of textbooks on ecology issued by the Academy. Founder and president of the Academy was the late Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Helmut Metzner (1925-1999), who was professor for chemical plant physiology. [3] (http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/qvo/Tun/TUN95-25.html), [4] (http://www.sepp.org/weekwas/1999/Dec25.htm).
An article by Metzner about his view on climate change can be found on the right-wing website konservativ.de [5] (http://www.konservativ.de/epoche/135/epo_135j.htm). He was accused of having strong connections to the Studienzentrum Weikersheim, a right-wing think-tank in Baden-Württemberg. [6] (http://www.projektwerkstatt.de/oepunkte/althefte/ausgaben/01/54_clinton.html)
The Academy is recognized in a consultative function [7] (http://www.ngo.coe.int/English%20Site/Consultative_status/consultative_status.htm) by the Council of Europe [8] (http://www.ngo.coe.int/English%20Site/Consultative_status/list%20of%20NGOs/NGOs%20list%202001%20web.htm)
There are no webpages of the Academy, and there are some hints that is now defunct. It may have ceased operation with the death of Metzner.