As we approach Earth Day this Tuesday, it’s tempting to believe that the world is on the brink of environmental collapse. We are constantly inundated by dire predictions of climate catastrophe and warnings about the planet’s imminent destruction.

Over the past decade, the leaders of corporate and international organizations became used to being lauded for making grand but ultimately empty, green promises on stages in Davos and climate summits. How quickly things have changed. 

Raising energy prices and banning fossil fuels deprives the world's poor of the development tools rich countries used to become rich
 

European industry is in freefall, and Net Zero is to blame. Here, climate economist Bjorn Lomborg – author of Best Things First and False Alarm – explains how panic over climate change is doing far more damage than climate change itself. Swapping cheap and dependable fossil fuels for unreliable and expensive renewables costs our economies trillions, but for little environmental gain, Lomborg says. Plus, he tackles the myth of the ‘climate apocalypse’ and explains why there are more polar bears than ever.
 

Whoever wins the federal election should back off from expensive climate policies that have little or no effect on global temperatures

Until unsubsidized EVs become competitive with traditionally powered cars they won't be a dominant form of personal transport

Are the EU’s Climate Policies Making Us Poorer? And have the EU promised things we can not afford to keep? Henrik Jönsson discusses the media logic behind the climate panic together with Danish author Bjørn Lomborg.
 

The global evidence is clear: not a single country that relies heavily on wind and solar power has low average electricity costs

Fourth in a series: Climate change has a very small net negative effect on agricultural output, but the trend decline in malnutrition is so strong it won't be noticed

US President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign aid marks a significant challenge for the international development community, and many experts warn that diseases will surge. During this time of uncertainty about the world’s biggest donor, the Global Fund stands as a beacon of hope...