Jørgen Randers (born 1945) is professor emeritus of climate strategy at the BI Norwegian Business School. He has always worked on issues of the future, especially related to sustainability, climate and energy. Randers lectures and provides advice all over the world, and increasingly in China.
He has spent one third of his life in academia, one third in business and one third in the NGO world. He was President of the BI Norwegian Business School from 1981-89 and Deputy Director General of WWF International from 1994-99. He has been the chair of three Norwegian banks, non-executive member of numerous corporate boards and member of the sustainability councils of three multi-nationals.
Randers has written many papers and books, starting with co-authoring The Limits to Growth in 1972. His recent writings include 2052 – A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years in 2012, Reinventing Prosperity with Graeme Maxton in 2016, Earth for All with Sandrine Dixson-Decleve and others in 2022 and finally Tax the Rich in 2024 with Till Kellerhoff. All – except the last – are Reports to The Club of Rome. Randers is founding chair of the China Association for the Club of Rome, from 2011.