The most pessimistic climate change scientist has had a sudden change of heart
Rockström, an environmental science professor at Stockholm University and executive director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, shocked the world with a bleak prediction in 2009, has had a dramatic change of heart.
'His optimism is founded on the breakneck speed of innovation in wind and solar power in the past two to three years, which means that renewable energy is being deployed on a massive scale and, crucially, at a cost roughly comparable to fossil fuels.'
