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28 Aug2022

‘Immoral’: Rich world can’t stop poorer countries from using fossil fuels

Published by Sky News

Copenhagen Consensus President Bjorn Lomborg says it’s “immoral” to tell the poor world not to use fossil fuels. “Of course, they want to do the same thing,” he told Sky News host Chris Smith. “India, Africa, want to do what China did.”

27 Aug2022

Democrats finally passed climate legislation, does it matter?

Published by FOX News

Paul Gigot interviews Bjorn Lomborg on Biden's climate goals.

23 Aug2022

The Inflation Reduction Act Does Little to Reduce Climate Change

Published by Wall Street Journal

Top administration officials are fanning out across the U.S. in a victory lap for the new Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden calls “the most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis.” America, we are told, is a global climate leader again. This narrative has serious problems.

22 Aug2022

Inflation Reduction Act will have 'very little' effect on climate change: Bjorn Lomborg

Published by FOX News

President Biden enthusiastically describes his administration's new Inflation Reduction Act as "the most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis." Curiously though, neither officials nor media praising the IRA are stating the actual climate impact of spending $369 billion on the bill's climate provisions.

16 Aug2022

Když přijde Putin, zelená jde stranou. Vyspělý svět konečně přiznal barvu

Published by Finmag

Globální energetická krize po ruské invazi na Ukrajinu naplno odhalila pokrytectví vyspělého světa. Zatímco v časech dobrých tlačí na chudé země, ať přestanou využívat fosilní zdroje, v časech zlých volají po zvýšení těžby uhlí, píše exkluzivně pro Finmag.cz dánský statistik Bjørn Lomborg.

15 Aug2022

Will climate change truly be addressed by Democrats' social spending bill?

Published by FOX News

President Biden enthusiastically describes his administration's new Inflation Reduction Act as "the most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis." Curiously though, neither officials nor media praising the IRA are stating the actual climate impact of spending $369 billion on the bill's climate provisions. Copenhagen Consensus president Bjorn Lomborg explains the impact of the Democrats' spending bill on the environment on 'Kudlow.'

12 Aug2022

Die Klimapolitik ist bisher gescheitert – die Lösung kann nicht darin liegen, fossile Brennstoffe immer weiter zu verteuern, sondern darin, grüne Energie für alle erschwinglich zu machen

Published by Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Der klimapolitische Ansatz, Verbraucher und Unternehmen über Preisspitzen von fossilen Brennstoffen wegzudrängen, bringt dem Klima wenig. Besser wäre es, die Innovation im Bereich der grünen Energie zu forcieren, die jahrzehntelang vernachlässigt wurde.

11 Aug2022

Udviklede lande hykler, når de vil have ulande til at være grønne

Published by Berlingske

Sol og vind er ikke i stand til at levere den nødvendige strøm til industrialisering. Derfor er det umoralsk, når de rige lande kræver, at udviklingslandene kun bruger vedvarende energi af klimahensyn.

8 Aug2022

Að leika sér með líf annarra

Published by Morgunbladid

Fátt hef­ur dregið hræsn­is­lega umræðu auðugri þjóða heims­ins um jarðefna­eldsneyti ger­leg­ar fram í dags­ljósið en orkukrepp­an í kjöl­far inn­rás­ar Rússa í Úkraínu. Banda­rík­in og Evr­ópa grát­biðja ar­abaþjóðirn­ar um að herða á olíu­fram­leiðslu sinni sam­tím­is því sem G7-iðnrík­in hvetja fá­tæk­ari ríki til notk­un­ar end­ur­nýj­an­legra orku­gjafa í því augnamiði að gæta að lofts­lags­mál­um.

7 Aug2022

Tévútra kényszerítenék a szegény országokat, miközben a gazdag világ is a fosszilis energiától függ

Published by Portfolio

A gazdag világ fosszilis energiahordozókkal kapcsolatos képmutatása teljes mértékben megmutatkozik abban, ahogy reagált az Oroszország ukrajnai invázióját követő globális energiaválságra. Miközben a vagyonos G7-országok arra intik a világ szegény államait, hogy a klímavédelmi aggályok miatt csak megújuló energiaforrásokat használjanak, Európa és az Egyesült Államok könyörög az arab országoknál, hogy azok növeljék az olajkitermelésüket.

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