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Speaker Series: Climate Change Is Not an Emergency: A Discussion With Bjorn Lomborg
Published by Copenhagen Consensus
Lomborg's Opening Speech at Copenhagen Consensus 2008
Lomborg's Closing Speech at Copenhagen Consensus 2008
Published by The Daily Star
Dr. Bjorn LomborgBangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world when it comes to climate change. Millions of citizens are already exposed to severe natural disasters like cyclones, flooding, tidal surges, heat waves, and drought, and rising sea levels are compounding the effects of the sinking Ganges River delta.
Published by New York Post
Politically tinged coverage of summer temperatures offers a lot of heat but not much light.
“Deadly heat waves becoming more common due to climate change,” declares CNN. “Extreme heat waves will change how we live. We’re not ready,” warns TIME.
Some stories are more sensationalist than others, but there is a common theme: Dangerous heat waves will increase in frequency and ferocity because of global warming.