Polar Bears, Dead Coral and Other Climate Fictions

It is an indisputable fact that carbon emissions are rising—and faster than most scientists predicted. But many climate-change alarmists seem to claim that all climate change is worse than expected. This ignores that much of the data are actually encouraging. The latest study from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that in the previous 15 years temperatures had risen 0.09 degrees Fahrenheit. The average of all models expected 0.8 degrees. So we’re seeing about 90% less temperature rise than expected.

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Bjørn Lomborg about climate change; why solar and wind energy, despite claims of being cheap, remain unreliable and costly without optimal conditions; the need to embrace natural gas and nuclear power to reduce carbon emissions while maintaining energy reliability; how lifting people out of poverty can address both environmental and societal challenges; the geopolitical consequences of energy policies; why keeping all energy solutions on the table is essential for a prosperous future; and much more.

Lomborg discussed the necessity of designing policies that work for the world's poor in order to seriously tackle global warming with Wall Street Journal editor Paul Gigot on the Journal Editorial Report.