Staffan Qvist was trained as a nuclear engineer at University of California, Berkeley. Qvist currently leads Qvist Consulting Limited, where he consults on clean energy projects around the world. He contributed his expertise in renewables and nuclear energy development to the book A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow, which examines international responses to climate change with a focus on Sweden’s successful decarbonization using nuclear power.

Qvist currently resides in London.