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Environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg says we waste money in the fight against climate change.
Published by Times of India
To tackle climate change, rich nations are promising to end fossil fuel use in 29 years. As this becomes excruciatingly costly, the G7 is now thinking about making the world’s poor pay for it. That’ll go badly.
Published by Reason Foundation
How do we best spend our scarce resources to do good in the world?
In his talk to Reason Foundation, Lomborg takes you though how to prioritize the solutions to some of the world's greatest problems.
Published by Project Syndicate
Oct 10, 2012 in Project Syndicate
By Bjørn Lomborg
Campaigners on important but complex issues, annoyed by the length of time required for public deliberations, often react by exaggerating their claims, hoping to force a single solution to the forefront of public debate. But, however well intentioned, scaring the public into a predetermined solution often backfires: when people eventually realize that they have been misled, they lose confidence and interest.