De laatste twintig jaar is de traditionele klimaataanpak duidelijk en eensgezind geweest: we moeten hernieuwbare energiebronnen zoals windturbines en zonnecellen subsidiëren om de CO2-uitstoot te verminderen. Dit is het verminderingstraject. Toch haalt de wereld vandaag de dag, ondanks eindeloze klimaattoppen en goede bedoelingen, slechts 0,4 procent van zijn energie uit zonne- en windenergie. De CO2-uitstoot blijft maar toenemen.

La extrema pobreza --vivir con menos de 1,25 dólares al día, según estimaciones actuales-- es un problema constante para demasiadas personas hoy en día.

COPENHAGEN – At the start of the twenty-first century, the international community made some smart and simple promises with the so-called Millennium Development Goals. The world would halve the proportion of people suffering from hunger and living in extreme poverty, achieve universal primary education, and dramatically reduce child mortality by 2015. There have been many successes, though not all of the MDGs’ targets will be achieved. 

There's a large number of proposals on how to address poverty in the post-2015 development agenda -- from more social inclusion to full employment, more happiness, increased resilience and more. A new paper argues to continue focusing on reducing extreme poverty and drop the rest, as Lomborg writes for Huffington Post.

If you could come up with goals for the world to aspire to over the next 15 years, what would they be? What should we focus on? - See more at: http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/12/18/next-millennium-development-goals/#sthash.fBhpCHyM.dpuf

The UN Climate Summit in Lima achieved little, just like the previous meetings for more than 20 years. As the saying goes, “insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”

Klima og energi er for alvor kommet på dagsordenen igen under FNs nyligt afsluttede klimakonferencen i Lima. Sideløbende foregår FNs årelange samtale om nye globale udviklingsmål. Mange mål vil, med rette, gå på fattigdom, mad, vand og miljø. Mål for energi burde være langt højere oppe på listen.

There was a time when we worried about a “population explosion,” with ever more people fighting over ever fewer resources. Yet, the population growth has decreased since the late 1960s and resources have not run out.

¿Dónde debería enfocar su atención la comunidad mundial en los próximos 15 años? Salud, nutrición y educación pueden parecer prioridades fundamentales obvias pero, sorprendentemente, también hay una buena razón para considerar el acceso a la banda ancha.

In a world where there are so many worthwhile targets demanding our attention, we need to focus on those for which we have the best chance of doing the most good. How about saving more than 14 million newborns by 2030? That’s a pretty eye-catching figure, but one which the author of a new analysis for the Copenhagen Consensus believes is not only achievable, but also highly cost-effective.