6)Star Statistician: Bjorn Lomborg   Why: He would have appeared on CNN’s “Larry King Live” by the time you read this. In the run up to Copenhagen, the professor at the Copenhagen Business School has written for Time, Newsweek and the Hindustan Times, and his views are sought by everyone from the Economist to the government of Mali, which wants him to advise them on how to spend money they might receive to tackle the effects of climate change.

"Só vim trazer bom-senso" O economista cético dinamarquês não acredita que um acordo funcione contra o aquecimento global. Nem acha isso prioritário ALEXANDRE MANSUR, DE COPENHAGUE O dinamarquês mais famoso na área do meio ambiente que circula pela conferência do clima em Copenhague não acredita que um acordo resolverá o problema do aquecimento global. Nem que o clima seja uma prioridade para o mundo. Ao contrário. Para o economista Bjorn Lomborg, o prejuízo de começar a cortar as emissões à força seria maior que a ameaça climática.

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By Bjorn Lomborg Published: December 23 2009

After 12 days of protests, posturing and seemingly endless palaver, the elephantine gath ering that was the Copen-hagen climate summit has laboured mightily and brought forth . . . a mouse. As vague as it is toothless, the accord on curbing greenhouse gas emissions that emerged from the Bella Centre this weekend imposes no real obligations, sets no binding emissions targets and requires no specific actions by anyone. (...)  

Economically Speaking Is Climate Change A Priority? by DAVID KESTENBAUM

December 15, 2009 Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, is roaming the halls of the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen. While Lomborg believes climate change is real, he thinks the approach being taken to fight it is doomed to failure. Lomborg also famously led a team of economists who ranked climate change low on a list of priorities when compared to things like combating disease. Needless to say, Lomborg is not a popular figure at the talks. Listen to the interview online

Warum die Menschheit den Klimaschutz vertagen sollte. Die schlimmsten Befürchtungen vieler Delegierter der Kopenhagener Klimaverhandlungen sind bereits wahr geworden: Der offizielle Versuch, das Kyoto-Protokoll zu ersetzen, wird wohl scheitern. Am Ende der Verhandlungen wird kein Plan zur Reduzierung von Treibhausgas-Emissionen stehen. (...)   

Global Warming and Mt. Kilimanjaro The glaciers on the famous peak, receding for more than a century, attract many tourists; the people of Tanzania attract much less attention.   By BJORN LOMBORG

Climate change has captured the attention of politicians around the world. The following article is part of a series, leading up to the United Nations conference on global warming in Copenhagen that starts this week, on how ordinary people in different countries view the issue:

Climate Change and Melting Glaciers Nepal's poor have more pressing problems. 

By BJORN LOMBORG Global warming has captured the attention of politicians around the world. The following article is part of a series leading up to the December United Nations conference in Copenhagen on how ordinary people in different countries view the issue:

NOVEMBER 22, 2009, Wall Street Journal 

Cyclones and Global Warming:  A survivor in India says carbon cuts won't help.   

Ekologiczny szczyt to dla klimatu nie nadzieja, lecz przekleństwo 2009-11-30 Propozycje, jakie padną w Kopenhadze, są nierealne - mówi Agatonowi Kozińskiemu znany duński ekolog Björn Lomborg Jest Pan bardzo sceptyczny, tymczasem wygląda na to, że świat naprawdę potrzebuje szybkich działań. Autorzy właśnie opublikowanego raportu "Copenhagen Diagnosis" przewidują, że do końca tego wieku temperatura na świecie wzrośnie aż o 7 stopni Celsjusza. Nie brzmi to zachęcająco. Zgadzam się z tymi uwagami, ale tylko częściowo. Rzeczywiście, stan środowiska naturalnego na świecie ciągle się pogarsza.