We are exposed to an ever-increasing torrent of alarming climate news, with pictures of extreme weather events and destruction delivered on an hourly basis. We should still pay attention — clearly, the warnings on hurricanes like Ian need to be heard.

The world is waking up to the fact the climate-policy goal of achieving “net-zero” CO2 emissions brings crippling economic pain.

Kofi Annan once highlighted that the then abstract idea of sustainable development needed to be turned into a reality for the world population. Unfortunately, a lot of progress still remains on that front. The world’s—and India’s—performance on the relatively straight-forward Millennium Development Goals (2000-15) was impressive but far from impeccable. Since then, the global community has adopted a much grander set of promises called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

La desconexión entre la élite mundial y el mundo real crece día a día. La mayoría de la gente está agotada por la pandemia, las subidas de precios de los alimentos, de la energía y la inflación general, y preocupada por la recesión. Sin embargo, los voceros de las élites acuden a las conferencias de Davos o Aspen para declarar que nuestras mayores e inmediatas amenazas son el cambio climático, los desastres medioambientales y la pérdida de biodiversidad.

Climate change is not the extinction-level event it is often characterized as. Still, it is a problem we need to address, focusing on smart, effective solutions. In his latest long-form interview on climate change and climate policy on Uncommon Knowledge (filmed at Stanford University), Lomborg discusses practical ways to lower our carbon footprint and emissions, pointing out why “carbon free by 2050” probably isn’t achievable without massive energy breakthroughs coming from green energy R&D.

De, der gerne vil male fanden på væggen, bliver ved med at fortælle dig, at enden er nær. Det er fantastisk effektivt til deres pengeindsamling, men omkostningerne for samfundet er tårnhøje – vi tager elendige, dyre politiske beslutninger, og vores unger bliver skræmt fra sans og samling.

De, der gerne vil male fanden på væggen, bliver ved med at fortælle dig, at enden er nær. Det er fantastisk effektivt til deres pengeindsamling, men omkostningerne for samfundet er tårnhøje – vi tager elendige, dyre politiske beslutninger, og vores unger bliver skræmt fra sans og samling.

Det paradis som utlovas är ett luftslott av önsketänkande och grönt säljsnack. Det bör världens fattiga inte tvingas nöja sig med, skriver Bjørn Lomborg.

‘False Alarm’ author Bjorn Lomborg discusses how despite liberal scare tactics, the climate is OK on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime.’

We constantly hear that electric cars are the future—cleaner, cheaper and better. But if they’re so good, why does California need to ban gasoline-powered cars? Why does the world spend $30 billion a year subsidizing electric ones?