Lomborg named as one of 58 people who have changed our lives in 2011

National Review Online Wednesday, April 21, 2010

In Honor of Earth Day, Let's Have Some DDT by Veronique de Rugy

Hunger has wracked humanity since time immemorial. Nearly every major society has been shaped by famine; one estimate suggests that China suffered drought or flood-induced starvation in at least one province almost every year from 108 BC to 1911. Yet the struggle against hunger is a battle that humanity could finally win.

The world has spent two decades developing policies to combat global warming -- and we have little to show for it.

By Bjørn Lomborg in Foreign Policy
 
Whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney finds himself working from the Oval Office over the next four years, he will face the problem of tackling global warming without breaking the bank.  He will have to realize that ignoring the problem will not make it go away -- but will also have to accept that the policies of the past 20 years have not worked.