Lomborg is quoted in Fox about Earth Hour

The outcome of the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow (COP26) has been criticised by commentators as unambitious, with some like the delegates from Pacific island countries calling it a 'monumental failure'. Even the summit's host Boris Johnson admitted the deal was 'tinged with disappointment'. This is hardly surprising. Historically, most climate promises have fared badly.

Many western donors love the idea that instead of dirty, coal-fired power-plants, poor nations should ‘leapfrog’ straight to cleaner energy sources such as off-grid solar technology. The World Bank is at the forefront of these efforts, no longer funding coal energy projects.

Off-grid solar projects begin with grand intentions, but too often end with recipients barely better off. We can see this in the small Pacific island nation of Fiji, where the government – advocates of strong global climate policy – teamed up with a Japanese technology company to deliver off-grid solar power.

2012-09-24 Meteorologické podmínky panující během letošního léta poskytly po celém světě dostatek munice pro debatu o globálním oteplování. Sucha a vlny veder jsou předzvěstí naší budoucnosti, uhlíkové škrty jsou zapotřebí více než kdykoliv dříve, avšak smysluplná politika stále nebyla uzákoněna. (...) Read more