Beachtlich, was schon erreicht wurde: weniger Kindersterblichkeit, bessere Luft, große Bildungsfortschritte. Aber die neuen Ziele der UN sollten realistisch bleiben. Sonst verschwendet man Geld.

De Miljøkonomiske Råd var tidligere på året ude med en kritik af den danske klimapolitik. Vismændene fortæller os, at vi bruger for mange penge på for lidt gavn. Det fik klimaminister Rasmus Helveg (RV) til at kritisere vismændene for ikke at tage klimaudfordringen alvorligt: ”Hvis ingen går foran og skaber en teknologisk udvikling, bliver det umuligt at holde temperaturstigningen på kloden under to grader”...

Current climate action is more costly than inaction, even if politicians were smart. Bjorn Lomborg recently gave testimony to the US Senate in regard to the economic and budgetary consequences of climate change.The cost of climate action is likely to cost at least twice as much as climate inaction in this century. Lomborg presented how green energy research could show a way out of this dilemma.

An investment of $3bn annually in better nutrition could help 100 million children in developing countries to start their lives without stunted growth. And the benefits would be delivered an entire life-time.

Bjorn Lomborg (Cool It!) is one of the most listened to, talked about voices on the issue of Global Warming.  Dr. Lomborg joins the show today to speak to what he believes the solution to dealing with Global Warming is … and it isn’t carbon taxes in Dr. Lomborg’s view.

In Wall Street Journal, Matt Ridley asks how rich countries can best help poor ones and identifies five goals with great bang for the buck based on the output from Post-2015 Consensus so far.

No hay duda de que quemar combustibles fósiles está conduciendo a un clima más cálido...

Bjorn Lomborg, investigador en medioambiente  de forma inteligente y eficiente, profesor adjunto de la Escuela de Negocios de Copenhague y director del Copenhagen Consensus Center, en Dinamarca, destaca en una entrevista publicada por el New York Times y ofrecida a Latinoamérica a través de LISTíN DIARIO, la relevancia del acceso a energía para el mundo en desarrollo, enfocado en este gran problema global.

Copenhagen wants to be the world’s first CO2-neutral city by 2025. But this initiative, however wonderful it sounds, is little more than a costly vanity project.

After all, the whole accounting exercise works only if others are still using coal and gas that Copenhagen’s unpredictable wind power can replace. If the city's unrealistic assumptions fall short, the financial losses for its inhabitants will be substantial.