"Het klimaat is niet ons grootste probleem" 2014-02-20   Door: Han van de Wiel Bron: OneWorld Hij gooit weer eens de knuppel in het milieuhoenderhok. In zijn nieuwste boek constateert Bjørn Lomborg dat we de belangrijkste wereldproblemen wel zo’n beetje hebben opgelost, en dat ontwikkelingslanden meer hebben aan kolencentrales dan aan zonne- en windenergie. Interview met een sloper van heilige klimaathuisjes. INTERVIEW -  Een lang, afgetraind lijf, blond haar en casual gekleed in zwart T-shirt, jeans en op kleurige sneakers: Bjørn Lomborg (49) heeft het uiterlijk van een popster.

2014-02-14 FORT LAUDERDALE – At the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos last month, leading participants called for a rapid shift to cleaner energy to tackle climate change. There is something unsettling about the global power elite jetting into an exclusive Swiss ski resort and telling the rest of the world to stop using fossil fuels. (...) 

Quel état du monde en 2050? 2014-02-13, BJORN LOMBORG  La Tribune, France. 

2014-02-08 Is it fair to use climate policies to keep poor people poor? It is great to electrify Africa. But not with renewables. If Obama spends the next $10 billion on gas electrification, he can help lift 90 million people out of energy poverty. If he only uses renewables, the same $10 billion can help just 20 million-27 million people. Using renewables, we will deliberately choose to leave more than 60 million people in darkness and poverty. 

2014-02-09 Bjørn Lomborg advarer mot klima-alarmister og «vanvittige» subsidier til fornybar energi. Selv tror han teknologi og fakta vil seire over symbolpolitikk og følelser. 

2014-02-04 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany's newspaper of record, profiled Copenhagen Consensus and Dr. Lomborg in their series on economists influencing the global debate. The wide-ranging interview addresses both climate change and the approach of the Copenhagen Consensus Center to make the world a better place.

Acceso a energía, problema medioambiental 2014-01-17, BJORN LOMBORG Milenio, Mexico.  Si queremos ayudar al mundo, lo primero es lograr que este recurso llegue a más población, y no solo en la minúscula porción de un panel solar, sino en la de los fiables y conocidos combustibles fósiles de bajo costo ¿Cuál es el mayor problema medioambiental del mundo? Muchas personas bienintencionadas apuntan a un calentamiento global, pero eso es totalmente incorrecto. Es más bien la contaminación atmosférica.

2014-01-16

PRAGUE – Read a newspaper or watch the evening news, and the world always seems to be getting worse. One problem after another is put under a spotlight. The more death, destruction, and despair, the better. As one Danish journalism textbook puts it: “A good story is usually bad news.” 

Only occasionally do we get uplifting, things-are-getting-better stories. When we do, they feel like a guilty pleasure. As a result, we often think that the world is in worse shape than it is – even if we think our own lives are improving.

Bjørn Lomborg: Hogyan költsünk el okosan 75 milliárd dollárt? 2014-01-13, BJORN LOMBORG Napi Gazdaság, Hungary Hol használ legtöbbet a pénz, amit segélyre költünk? – teszi fel a kérdést Bjørn Lomborg, a Copenhagen Consensus Center igazgatója, a Copenhagen Business School professzora. “A Copenhagen Consensus 50 világhírű közgazdásztól kérdezte meg, hol tehetnénk a lehető leghatékonyabban a legtöbb jót. A szakemberek közel 40 beruházási javaslatot vizsgáltak meg.

Bjorn Lomborg discusses limiest to growth at Creative Innovation Asia Pacific’s annual future shaping event presented by Creative Universe.