Lomborg in Rolling Stone

Lower carbon emission, higher energy lifestyle possible in developing countries: Danish scientist English.news.cn 2010-09-18 14:30:03

Danish scientist Bjorn Lomborg is interviewed in Copenhagen, capital of Denmark, on Sept. 6, 2010. Although emerging economies will witness a major buildup in carbon emission in the years ahead, smarter technologies could help them mitigate the effects of global warming, Danish scientist Bjorn Lomborg said. (Xinhua/Devapriyo Das) (...) 

Today Eve Irvine welcomes Bjorn Lomborg, a writer and environmental activist who has just published "Cool it". A former Greenpeace member, Bjorn Lomborg now calls himself a sceptical environmentalist. Watch it on France24.com

By Nicholas Newman, Oxford Prospect.  Increasingly, we are hearing the term that something must be done to solve the world’s almost never-ending ending crises. The media is full of pressing appeals that every problem is urgent and must be tackled immediately, with often little regard to the economic and social costs involved. Unfortunately, for policy makers, the real world of geopolitics and budgetary issues forces politicians to prioritise decisions. Often such policy decisions will be both tough to make and politically unpopular with the public at large.