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. (...) 

Bjorn Lomborg gave a TED Talk in New York on How Much Have Global Problems Cost the World? A Scorecard from 1900 - 2050. He presents a new way to compare global problems and shows that the world is becoming a better, more livable place.

2013-11-11 Subsidizing first-generation, inefficient green energy might make well-off people feel good about themselves, but it won't transform the energy market. Yet when inefficient green subsidies are criticized, their defenders can be relied on to point out that the world subsidizes fossil fuels even more heavily. But the misinformation surrounding energy subsidies is considerable, and it helps keep the world from enacting sensible policy.

2013-11-09  What kind of Australia do you want in 2040? What kind of jobs will be available to the next generation? And how do you want your society to look in three decades?  It is a conversation conducted far too rarely, overshadowed by day-to-day policy battles and the sensational scare of the month. In some ways, it is easy for Australia to avoid this conversation. (...)  

2013-11-06 One of the longest-running big picture debates is between optimists and pessimists  arguing the state of the world. Pessimists  have constantly painted a dystopian future from Malthus and Jevons to the 1972 book Limits to Growth. Optimists have cheerfully pointed to how everything is getting better.