Air Pollution

Bjorn Lomborg gave a speech at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusettes on 24 February 2014. The talk, entitled "Prioritizing Our Greatest Problems Versus Prioritizing Our Efforts to Find Solutions," discussed the smartest ways to tackle today's most pressing global issues. 

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2014-01-08 Will we be living better in 2050 than our predecessors did in 1900? The discussion over the state of the world, and whether things are getting better or worse, is not new. Scientists and philosophers have debated the topic for centuries. From Malthus to The Limits to Growth, pessimists have built their case for a future blighted by overpopulation, starvation, and depleted resources as optimists have tried to assure them that everything would be OK.

Bjorn Lomborg gave a TED Talk in New York on How Much Have Global Problems Cost the World? A Scorecard from 1900 - 2050. He presents a new way to compare global problems and shows that the world is becoming a better, more livable place.

2013-11-06 One of the longest-running big picture debates is between optimists and pessimists  arguing the state of the world. Pessimists  have constantly painted a dystopian future from Malthus and Jevons to the 1972 book Limits to Growth. Optimists have cheerfully pointed to how everything is getting better. 

2013-10-14 FOR the past half century, a fundamental debate has raged between optimists and pessimists over the state of the world. Pessimists build their case on overpopulation, starvation and depletion of resources. Optimists stand for the infallibility of the market economy. Wouldn't it be nice to remove the darkened or rose-tinted spectacles for once, and try to quantify how the world really has done and will do in future? I asked some of the world's leading economists to do just that. The result is a groundbreaking book, How Much Have Global Problems Cost The World?

  2013-07-28 Vi er ved at mindske biodiversitet, overforbruge vand, gøre mad dyrere og spilde hundredvis af milliarder af dollars – alt imens vi muligvis øger CO2-emissioner, skriver Bjørn Lomborg. Han vurderer, at biomasse er ved at blive en ustoppelig katastrofe.

2013-07-12 The United Kingdom has been reluctant to join the hydraulic-fracturing (or fracking) revolution. Yet tapping the Bowland Shale could reignite the UK economy and deliver huge cuts in CO2 emissions. 

2013-06-07 Wszystkich nas wychowano, byśmy oszczędzali papieru, aby uratować drzewa. Dostajemy niezliczone e-maile: „Proszę, pomyśl o środowisku przed wydrukowaniem". Ruch ochrony przyrody zaczął się od wezwania do zachowanie lasów. Teraz jednak, w imię uratowania planety przed zmianą klimatu, środowiskowcy proponują olbrzymią globalną kampanię ścinania i palenia drzew i krzewów w celu zredukowania korzystania z paliw kopalnych.

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.

BBC Radio 4, Today programme   Few things polarise opinion more than the electric car. It is either a great way to save the planet or a really bad way to get from A to B? The Today programme's Evan Davis wanted to find out more, and took a ride in one with an enthusiast and a sceptic. Bjorn Lomborg, the so-called Sceptical Environmentalist, having written a book of that name, has made a career attacking what he thinks are the irrationalities of the green movement. He is not a fan of electric cars.