I think the best and perhaps only sensible policy for the future is to prepare society for change and be prepared to adjust. In 25 years, we'll have a world with some 9 to 10 billion people that will require… — Lennart Bengtsson Copy Share Image
It is important to allow a broad debate on energy and climate. We must urgently explore realistic ways to address the different scientific, technical… — Lennart Bengtsson Copy Share Image
I have never seen myself as an alarmist but rather as a scientist with a critical viewpoint, and in that sense I have always been a skeptic. I have devoted most of my career to developing models for predicting the weather, and in doing so I have learned the importance of validating forecasts against observed weather. As a result, that's… — Lennart Bengtsson Copy Share
Throughout my life, I have been fascinated by predictability and frustrated by our inability to predict. I don't believe it makes sense for our generation to believe or pretend that we can solve the problems of the future because do not understand what these problems will be. Just do this thought experiment: Imagine you're in month of May 1914, and… — Lennart Bengtsson Copy Share
I think the best and perhaps only sensible policy for the future is to prepare society for change and be prepared to adjust. In… — Lennart Bengtsson Copy Share Image