The world can’t afford to politicize climate change research

The Telegraph, 19 Jun 2012

By Bjorn Lomborg Rio+20: Right sentiment, wrong problems, poor solutions

At 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, people and public places across the globe will switch off their lights for one hour to raise awareness about the impact of energy use on climate change. Unfortunately, this Earth Hour event is nothing but an ineffective feel-good event. It does little for the climate in terms of reducing CO emissions and distracts us from the real problems and solutions — especially giving light to those in the darkness.

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