What is the biggest source of violence in our world? With the brutal conflicts in Syria, Ukraine, and elsewhere constantly in the news, many people would probably say war. But that turns out to be spectacularly wrong.

There is a way to make the poor of this world $500 billion better off, but this solution is rarely discussed. This matters, because the international community is gearing up to produce the next set of development goals for 2015-2030, to continue the work of the Millennium Development Goals. $2.5 trillion in development aid plus unknown trillions from national budgets hang in the balance of these goals, so getting our priorities right is vital. Spending money on poorly chosen targets is a wasted opportunity to do much more good elsewhere.

There is a way to make the poor of this world $500 billion better off, but this solution is rarely discussed.

This matters, because the international community is gearing up to produce the next set of development goals for 2015-2030, to continue the work of the Millennium Development Goals. $2.5 trillion in development aid plus unknown trillions from national budgets hang in the balance of these goals, so getting our priorities right is vital. Spending money on poorly chosen targets is a wasted opportunity to do much more good elsewhere.

The UN has promised to achieve universal education since 1950, and currently contemplates this target for its 2015-30 development goals again.

But with 60 million children still out of school, the international community should not simply postpone the same universal-education target until 2030. Instead, it is time to abandon this unrealistic goal in favor of an achievable, targeted, and cost-effective approach.

The Green Monster - Bjorn Lomborg on the biggest environmental problem in the world. (Hint: It's not climate change.)

Written by Kimberly Greene

From LIFESTYLES MAGAZINE - SUMMER 2014

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Bjorn Lomborg, 8 juni 2014

"Ryssland och Kina kom nyligen överens om ett 30-årigt avtal värt 400 miljarder dollar enligt vilket Gazprom ska leverera 38 miljarder kubikmeter naturgas årligen till Kina. Detta förvärrar EU:s energikris, men unionen förefaller blunda för den uppenbara lösningen – fracking – och blickar i stället nervöst på de marginella tillskott som förnybara energikällor utgör..."

Nur Fracking hilft Europa gegen Putins Gasmonopol 

Erneuerbare Energien sind zu teuer, um unsere Energieversorgung zu gewährleisten. Schiefergas ist der einzige Weg aus der Abhängigkeit von Russland – und ist zudem noch gut für die CO2-Bilanz.
 

Von Björn Lomborg, 09 Juni 2014

L'ONU invitée à limiter ses Objectifs de développement durable pour 2030

LE MONDE | 02.07.2014 par Alexandra Geneste

« L'ONU peaufine sa dernière folie des grandeurs. Alors que les Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement (OMD) arrivent à échéance en 2015, les négociations destinées à définir l'agenda « post-2015 » battent leur plein. Pas moins de 12 réunions ont déjà eu lieu depuis un an. La prochaine, prévue du 14 au 18 juillet, s'annonce cruciale...

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