How to tackle global warming - and how not to

Countries like Germany make a show of their virtue and insist that Africa remain impoverished.

Rich Western nations and their development banks love to parade their climate virtue and wag their fingers at Africa. They insist that the continent leapfrog from no energy to trendy renewables like solar and wind, even as wealthy nations run mostly on fossil fuels. With the biggest voting share in the World Bank, the U.S. has effective veto power over major decisions at the globe’s largest multilateral organization—and the moral duty to put its foot down.

openhagen Consensus President Bjorn Lomborg provides insight into President Biden’s expected climate plan.

Fátt hef­ur dregið hræsn­is­lega umræðu auðugri þjóða heims­ins um jarðefna­eldsneyti ger­leg­ar fram í dags­ljósið en orkukrepp­an í kjöl­far inn­rás­ar Rússa í Úkraínu. Banda­rík­in og Evr­ópa grát­biðja ar­abaþjóðirn­ar um að herða á olíu­fram­leiðslu sinni sam­tím­is því sem G7-iðnrík­in hvetja fá­tæk­ari ríki til notk­un­ar end­ur­nýj­an­legra orku­gjafa í því augnamiði að gæta að lofts­lags­mál­um.