Det, vi spiser, betragtes som værende vigtigere end nogensinde før. Og fra alle sider opfordres vi til at vælge økologisk – vi får at vide, at det er sundere, at det forbedrer dyrenes kår, og at det hjælper miljøet. I virkelig­heden er det mest reklamegas.

Here’s $2.5 trillion. You have 15 years to spend it. How do you distribute this money in a way that will achieve the most good for the world? This isn’t a hypothetical. In September 2015, the United Nations set its Sustainable Development Goals,  a continuation of the Millennium Development Goals it set in 2000.

The food at your supermarket is changing. The biggest food giants are investing more in organic produce. French multinational Danone just spent $10 billion buying WhiteWave Foods, an American producer of dairy alternatives and organic foods. Stressing the importance of organics, the Danone CEO says: “The reality has changed on the shelf.”

Organic food has become the fastest-growing sector of the U.S. food industry, with sales that increase by double digits annually. That’s a lot of kale flying off the shelves. Buying it makes us feel like we’re helping ourselves and the planet.

Czy Greenpeace popełnia zbrodnię przeciwko ludzkości?

To właśnie sugeruje list 110 laureatów Nagrody Nobla. Wzywa on tę grupę środowiskowców, by zarzuciła kampanię przeciwko genetycznie modyfikowanej żywności, szczególnie wobec tak zwanego „Złotego ryżu”, który może zapobiec milionom zgonów w rozwijającym się świecie.

Nazwanie żywności GMO „Frankenfood” jest błyskotliwym chwytem szerzącym panikę, który Greenpeace szeroko propaguje. Nie ma jednak żadnej podstawy w rzeczywistości.

Wir beschäftigen uns immer mehr mit unserer Ernährung. Und der Druck, auf „bio“ umzustellen, nimmt zu. Immer öfter heißt es, dass das für uns gesünder und für Tiere und Umwelt besser sei. Doch stimmt das wirklich, oder ist es nicht nur ein Marketing-Hype?

Das Zentrum für Gesundheitspolitik der Stanford University jedenfalls hat 2012 in der bislang größten Studie ökologische mit konventionellen Lebensmitteln verglichen und keine belastbaren Beweise gefunden, dass „bio“ besser sei.

"Bjørn Lomborg har i næsten 20 år været en torn i øjet på alverdens klimaforkæmpere. Han gør ikke længere en dyd ud af at provokere, men han nægter at holde sin kæft, når alarmister blæser klimaproblemerne ud af proportioner."

Mientras Elon Musk presentaba el nuevo Tesla 3, un sector de la prensa bastante adulador no tardaba en anunciar que el "coche que cambiaria el mundo" podria dominar el mercado. En solo cuestion de dias, 400.000 personas pagaban 1,000 dolares, en concepto de sena, para asegurar la reserva del vehiculo.

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Bangladesh has made great strides in many areas, including poverty eradication and life expectancy. There are still many opportunities for investments that improve the nation's future and transform lives.

Recently, a high-level team of prominent Bangladeshi development and economics leaders and a Nobel Laureate in Economics identified a prioritised list of such opportunities. They were tasked with answering the question: “What policies and investments would give Bangladesh the most impact for every taka spent?” 

Are droughts, hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters getting stronger and more frequent? Are carbon dioxide emissions, global temperatures and sea levels putting us on a path for climate catastrophe? Bjorn Lomborg, Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, breaks down the facts about the environment and shows why the reality of climate change may be very different from what you hear in the media.