Press Release: Benny Peiser's Global Warming Policy Foundation

London, 1 May: The Global Warming Policy Foundation is pleased to announce that Professor Lennart Bengtsson, one of Sweden’s leading climate scientists, has joined the GWPF’s Academic Advisory Council.

Professor Lennart Bengtsson has a long and distinguished international career in meteorology and climate research. He participated actively in the development of ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting) where he was Head of Research 1975-1981 and Director 1982-1990. In 1991-2000 he was Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg. Since 2000 he has been professor at the University of Reading and from 2008 the Director of the International Space Science Institute in Bern, Switzerland.

Professor Bengtsson has received many awards including the German Environmental Reward, The Descartes Price by the EU and the IMI price from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). He is member of many academies and societies and is honorary member of the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Meteorological Society and European Geophysical Union. His research work covers some 225 publications in the field of meteorology and climatology. In recent years he has been involved with climate and energy policy issues at the Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The GWPF Academic Advisory Council is composed of scientists, economists and other experts who provide the GWPF with timely scientific, economic and policy advice. It reviews and evaluates new GWPF reports and papers, explores future research projects and makes recommendations on issues related to climate research and policy.

The other members of the GWPF Academic Advisory Council are:

• Professor David Henderson (Chairman)
• Adrian Berry
• Sir Samuel Brittan
• Sir Ian Byatt
• Professor Robert Carter
• Professor Vincent Courtillot
• Professor Freeman Dyson
• Christian Gerondeau
• Dr Indur Goklany
• Professor William Happer
• Professor Terence Kealey
• Professor Anthony Kelly
• Professor Deepak Lal
• Professor Richard Lindzen
• Professor Ross McKitrick
• Professor Robert Mendelsohn
• Professor Sir Alan Peacock
• Professor Ian Plimer
• Professor Paul Reiter
• Dr Matt Ridley
• Sir Alan Rudge
• Professor Nir Shaviv
• Professor Philip Stott
• Professor Henrik Svensmark
• Professor Richard Tol
• Dr David Whitehouse