Democrats finally passed climate legislation, does it matter?

Europe is alone; the post-1945 world order has collapsed, and – as Sir Keir Starmer puts it – we’re at “a crossroads in history.” Large-scale rearmament of Europe is now unavoidable, but the costs of doing so appear prohibitive.

65. Bjorn Lomborg for questioning whether we're going after climate change right.

In their bids to showcase climate leadership at the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow (COP26), leaders of rich nations are once again talking of ambitious carbon reduction targets. President Biden, for example, has reaffirmed his goal of creating “a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035 and net zero emissions economy by no later than 2050.”