Ditch net zero to fund Europe’s long-term safety

Starting in the 1990s, at the end of the Cold War, climate change became a fixation for rich-country politicians and elites. 

On the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer sits down with Danish author Bjorn Lomborg, a controversial figure in the world of climate change. Lomborg is unequivocal that climate change is a real problem and that humans are responsible for causing it. But where he differs from the global climate narrative is that the current focus on reducing carbon emissions is misguided and ineffective. Lomborg argues the world is too fixated on stopping climate change at the expense of… everything else.

As COP 26 wrapped up, Bjorn Lomborg joined Alex Epstein to discuss the many examples of bad thinking that have shaped the conference, including:

- The false portrayal of today’s world as bad and getting worse.

- The failure to consider the costs of reducing CO2 emissions. - The failure to discuss the benefits human beings get from fossil fuels.

- The failure to consider any positive of CO2 emissions.

- The failure to appreciate the power of adapting to climate changes.