What an increasingly wonderful world

We have to put the omni-present narrative that our climate is changing for the worse in perspective. While some indicators are indeed getting worse, the data shows that others are improving. But the prevalent alarmism in the climate debate prevents us from finding smart smart solutions, and most campaigners focus on very expensive but inefficient policies.

Bjorn Lomborg is not your typical environmental thinker. A former Greenpeace activist, he is now frustrated with the state of our climate change debate – calling for constructive solutions rather than apocalyptic predictions.

So what are Lomborg’s solutions? City A.M.’s Michiel Willems finds out.

There is a lot to do about nuclear energy at the moment. What do you think of nuclear power as the future, especially in light of new technology?

Una de las historias de éxito en materia de desarrollo que más se pasa por alto en estos momentos es que la población sin acceso a la electricidad ha caído por debajo de los mil millones por primera vez desde que se iniciaron los registros. Nuevos datos de la Agencia Internacional de la Energía (AIE) muestran que en 2017, 120 millones de personas tuvieron acceso a la electricidad, un número nunca antes alcanzado. https://www.milenio.com/opinion/bjorn-lomborg/columna-bjorn-lomborg/el-acceso-a-la-energia-en-america-latina