Net zero’s cost-benefit ratio is crazy high

Bjorn Lomborg, 12.15.2008 An economic argument against stricter caps on carbon emissions. While the world focused on United Nations-led discussions about climate change last week, international trade talks fell apart. The World Trade Organization head says progress on the Doha Round--negotiations to lower trade barriers--is stalled until well into next year... 

2013-05-29 By Bjørn Lomborg, in Huffington Post. The UN is pondering which goals to set for the next decades to advance human development and sustainability. A high-level panel including Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and UK Prime Minister David Cameron will be making their recommendations this Friday. They could get a treasure trove of ideas from some of the world's top economists. In a new book, these economists summarize humanity's smartest ideas and best investments.

In their bids to showcase climate leadership at the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow (COP26), leaders of rich nations are once again talking of ambitious carbon reduction targets. President Biden, for example, has reaffirmed his goal of creating “a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035 and net zero emissions economy by no later than 2050.”