The entire playlist: Carbon Emissions Debate can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=103E85BD20CD33F2 (2 of 14) MAJOR REDUCTIONS IN CARBON EMISSIONS ARE NOT WORTH THE MONEY DEBATE: BJORN LOMBORG (13 of 14) MAJOR REDUCTIONS IN CARBON EMISSIONS ARE NOT WORTH THE MONEY: CLOSING ARGUMENTS PT1 Major reductions in carbon emissions are not worth the money - was the topic of the latest Intelligence Squared US debate (Jan 13). Bjorn Lomborg, Peter Huber and Philip Stott spoke for the motion. Though they started out with 16% for their proposal and 49% against ("major reductions...

Autor tekstu: Bjørn Lomborg Tłumaczenie: Małgorzata Koraszewska W mowie inauguracyjnej Barak Obama obiecał ”odsunąć widmo ocieplenia planety”. W tym kontekście warto zastanowić się nad urywkiem z jego książki Dreams from My Father . Mówi on bardzo wiele o sposobie, w jaki patrzymy na problemy świata. (...)

The edited broadcast is available now on the NPR's website

At Reason's 40th anniversary event, held in Hollywood on November 14 and 15, "Skeptical Environmentalist" Bjorn Lomborg kicked things off with an engrossing 30-minute presentation about man-made climate change and the best ways to prioritize and solve global problems ranging from water shortages to poverty to malaria. The author most recently of Cool It, Lomborg is also the force behind The Copenhagen Consensus, a path-breaking approach toward effecting efficient solutions to the planet's most pressing issues. "At the end of the day," says Lomborg, "this is...

Intelligence Squared US debate series: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Major reductions in carbon emissions are not worth the money Moderator: John Donvan Speaking for the motion: Bjorn Lomborg, Philip Stott and Peter Huber Speaking against the motion: L. Hunter Lovins, Oliver Tickell and Adam Werbach THIS EVENT WILL BE RECORDED FOR BBC WORLD NEWS. Panelists for the motion Bjorn Lomborg is the author of the bestsellers Cool It and The Skeptical Environmentalist. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2004, one of the "50 people who could save the...

Major reductions in carbon emissions are not worth the money - was the topic of the latest Intelligence Squared US debate (Jan 13). Bjorn Lomborg, Peter Huber and Philip Stott spoke for the motion. Though they started out with 16% for their proposal and 49% against ("major reductions in carbon emissions are not worth the money"), they ended with 42% for, 48% against - see attached chart. If you go to the website www.iq2US.org, click on past debates/downloads, and you can find there the full transcript of the debate and images, and from Jan 21 also the audio record.

The interview was conducted in 2007.

Lomborg's article in Jewcy Magazine, Apr 22, 2008. What Polar Bears Can Teach Us About the Environment (Hint: It's Not What You Think) The threat of man-made climate change looms larger than any other problem facing the planet, so it's no wonder that the discussion about global warming has turned into a kind of choreographed screaming that drowns out the facts. Science unequivocally tells us that climate change is real and caused by man, but predictions of destruction on an epic scale don't stack up. Consider the plight of the polar bear - a pin-up ‘victim' of global...

Autor tekstu: Bjørn Lomborg; Zielona pseudo-rewolucja Autor tekstu: Bjørn Lomborg Tłumaczenie: Małgorzata Koraszewska Postępująca światowa recesja zagroziła działaniu w sprawie globalnego ocieplenia. Jest to istotne, ponieważ za niespełna rok świat zasiądzie w Kopenhadze do negocjacji o traktacie mającym być kontynuacją nieudanego Protokołu z Kioto. Jednak w sytuacji, w której ludzie tracą pracę i dochód, natychmiastowa pomoc ekonomiczna wydaje się ważniejsza niż różnice temperatur za 100 lat...

Lomborg's thoughts appear in the article Cash-strapped families face £1,000-a-year bill to help Government beat climate change (as if we didn't have enough problems); on the UK Government's decision to set a 80% cut in carbon emissions by 2050. The Government's climate change committee estimates this will cost 1-2 % of the GDP. At current values this is £24 billion - or £1,200 per household.