2013-05-29 By Bjørn Lomborg, in Huffington Post. The UN is pondering which goals to set for the next decades to advance human development and sustainability. A high-level panel including Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and UK Prime Minister David Cameron will be making their recommendations this Friday. They could get a treasure trove of ideas from some of the world's top economists. In a new book, these economists summarize humanity's smartest ideas and best investments.

2013-05-27

Lomborg fordert Effizienz statt "Feel-Good-Politik"

Der Klimawandel werde derzeit falsch bekämpft, kritisiert der Statistiker Bjørn Lomborg. "Bisherige Lösungsansätze waren wirtschaftlich nicht attraktiv."

Nur mit moralischen Appellen bekomme man den Klimawandel jedoch nicht in den Griff. Er fordert, jährlich 72 Milliarden Euro in die Erforschung alternativer Energien zu stecken. "Dann werden sie in 20 bis 40 Jahren billiger sein als Öl." Das Geld könne aus Staatshaushalten oder einer Kohlendioxidsteuer kommen. "Zurzeit investieren wir nur 1,5 Milliarden."

2013-05-23

Bjørn Lomborg was interviewed on Piers Morgan Live, CNN's primetime talk show, discussing the alleged connection between climate change and extreme weather. 

He also issued a statement about the claims that global warming was to blame for the Oklahoma tornadoes:

Numbers show downward trend even as temperatures have increased

2013-05-19 Сите сме воспитувани да рециклираме хартија за да се спасат дрвјата. Добиваме безброј и-мејл предупредувања: „Ве молиме, водете сметка за животната средина пред печатењето“. Навистина, екологијата беше создадена со повик да се зачуваат шумите. Но, сега, во името на спасување на планетата од климатските промени, еколозите предлагаат огромна глобална кампања да се сечат и запалат дрвја и грмушки со цел да се намали употребата на фосилни горива.

2013-05-21 Vychovávají nás k tomu, abychom recyklací papíru zachraňovali stromy. V e-mailech dostáváme nespočet upozornění: "Před vytištěním prosím zvažte dopad na životní prostředí." Ostatně environmentalismus se zrodil právě z výzvy k ochraně lesů. (...) 

2013-05-20 A todos nos enseñan que hay que reciclar papel para salvar árboles. En nuestras casillas de ‘e-mail’ recibimos infinidad de veces esta advertencia: ‘Piense en el medio ambiente antes de imprimir este mensaje’. De hecho, el movimiento ecologista nació con un llamado a la preservación de los bosques. (...)

2013-05-17 Bjørn Lomborg kritisiert die deutsche Klimapolitik als reines Wunschdenken. Ich bin seit über einem Jahrzehnt an der Klimadebatte beteiligt, bin aber immer noch darüber erstaunt, auf was für einem Holzweg wir uns befinden. Lassen Sie uns versuchen, eine vollkommen neue Sichtweise auf den Klimawandel einzunehmen. (...) 

2013-05-05 We are all brought up to recycle paper to save trees. We get countless e-mail admonitions: “Please consider the environment before printing.” Indeed, environmentalism was born with a call to preserve the forests. But now, in the name of saving the planet from climate change, environmentalists are proposing an immense global campaign to cut down and burn trees and scrubs in order to reduce fossil-fuel use. (...) 

Interview with Bjørn Lomborg "An approach to doing good for the world, based on cost-effectiveness considerations – for some people this means a contradiction in terms, for others it is a possible tool for shifting the switches for present and future scenarios. In every case, Bjørn Lomborg, the Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School will give rise to lively debates with his key-note lecture in Barcelona. Interested attendees of CESIO 2013 can find some extracts of his general ideas in this interview."

2013-04-27 Je vcelku ľahké ukázať, že dnešné postupy sú jednoducho hlúpe. Stoja veľa a úžitok je minimálny. V diskusiách o klíme sa pohybujem už viac ako desať rokov, ale dodnes ma udivuje, ako ju vedieme. Skúsme to zmeniť. Globálne otepľovanie je skutočné a z väčšej časti spôsobené ľuďmi, ale naše riešenia zlyhávajú. Bol som jedným z najväčších kritikov Kjótskeho protokolu a to ešte v čase, keď bol považovaný za evanjelium. Dnes nemá Kjóto priaznivcov a nikto si ani nespomína, že by naň niekedy veril.