2013-12-17, The Telegraph

2013-12-13 Before the UN sets the new Millennium Development Goals in 2015, it is essential to weigh the proposed targets by their cost-benefit ratio. In an ideal world, we would tackle all global problems, but unfortunately our funds are limited. That's why we have to make sure we get the biggest bang for our buck. Lomborg was invited to deliver a keynote speech to the UN General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals on December 13. See his presentation below.

2013-12-12 Trade-offs are an inherent part of life. We all recognize this from our private budgets. To fix the roof, we may have to accept a less extravagant summer vacation. When we pick a cheaper wine, we can splurge on dessert.  Trade-offs also pervade environmental policy: Cutting more of one pollutant, for example, leaves fewer resources to address other issues. For example, coal is phenomenally polluting, but it also provides for cheap and reliable power, which drives development.

2013-12-04 THERE’S a lot of hand-wringing about our warming planet, but billions of people face a more immediate problem: They are desperately poor, and many cook and heat their homes using open fires or leaky stoves that burn dirty fuels like wood, dung, crop waste and coal. About 3.5 million of them die prematurely each year as a result of breathing the polluted air inside their homes — about 200,000 more than the number who die prematurely each year from breathing polluted air outside, according to a study by the World Health Organization. (...) 

Tifón Haiyan y cambio climático: el enfoque equivocado. Cuando un huracán golpea la rica Florida, hace un daño significativo, pero mata a pocas personas. Cuando golpea países pobres destruye la economía y mata a decenas de miles.

2013-11-30  BJORN LOMBORG 

La Prensa, Panama. 

El reciente tifón Haiyan fue terrible. Azotó a las Filipinas, matando a miles de personas, debido a la pobreza: viviendas precarias que fueron arrasadas, refugios inadecuados y mala planificación.

2013-11-27 De siste tyve års internasjonale klimaforhandlinger har stort sett ikke oppnådd noe. Japans modige annonsering om at de skroter deres urealistiske mål og fokuserer på forskning og utvikling av grønn teknologi, kan faktisk være begynnelsen på et gjennombrudd for smartere klimapolitikk. 

El crecimiento verde  2013-11-22. BJORN LOMBORG

El Pais, Uruguay.

Por primera vez, la reunión de líderes convocada por el ex presidente de los Estados Unidos, Bill Clinton, se realizó en América Latina. La Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), que se desarrolló en Río de Janeiro a inicios de diciembre, reunió a líderes de los sectores públicos y privados, así como integrantes de la sociedad civil, para abordar los temas que enfrenta la región. (...) 

  2013-11-18 The last twenty years of international climate negotiations have achieved almost nothing and have done so at enormous economic cost. Japan’s courageous announcement that it is scrapping its unrealistic targets and focusing instead on development of green technologies could actually be the beginning of smarter climate policies. 

2013-11-14 Today’s policies to combat climate change cost much more than the benefits they produce. Unfortunately, bad political choices often make these policies even less cost-effective.  Consider the European Union’s 20-20 policy, which targets a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions below 1990 levels by 2020. It is important to examine this approach, not only because the EU is pursuing the world’s largest and most ambitious climate policy, but also because other climate policies suffer from similar shortcomings. (...)