Governance

Copenhagen Consensus President Bjorn Lomborg says it’s “immoral” to tell the poor world not to use fossil fuels.

“Of course, they want to do the same thing,” he told Sky News host Chris Smith.

“India, Africa, want to do what China did.”

Paul Gigot interviews Bjorn Lomborg on Biden's climate goals.

Top administration officials are fanning out across the U.S. in a victory lap for the new Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden calls “the most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis.” America, we are told, is a global climate leader again. This narrative has serious problems.

Globální energetická krize po ruské invazi na Ukrajinu naplno odhalila pokrytectví vyspělého světa. Zatímco v časech dobrých tlačí na chudé země, ať přestanou využívat fosilní zdroje, v časech zlých volají po zvýšení těžby uhlí, píše exkluzivně pro Finmag.cz dánský statistik Bjørn Lomborg.

President Biden enthusiastically describes his administration's new Inflation Reduction Act as "the most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis." Curiously though, neither officials nor media praising the IRA are stating the actual climate impact of spending $369 billion on the bill's climate provisions.

Copenhagen Consensus president Bjorn Lomborg explains the impact of the Democrats' spending bill on the environment on 'Kudlow.'

Sol og vind er ikke i stand til at levere den nødvendige strøm til industrialisering. Derfor er det umoralsk, når de rige lande kræver, at udviklingslandene kun bruger vedvarende energi af klimahensyn.

Fátt hef­ur dregið hræsn­is­lega umræðu auðugri þjóða heims­ins um jarðefna­eldsneyti ger­leg­ar fram í dags­ljósið en orkukrepp­an í kjöl­far inn­rás­ar Rússa í Úkraínu. Banda­rík­in og Evr­ópa grát­biðja ar­abaþjóðirn­ar um að herða á olíu­fram­leiðslu sinni sam­tím­is því sem G7-iðnrík­in hvetja fá­tæk­ari ríki til notk­un­ar end­ur­nýj­an­legra orku­gjafa í því augnamiði að gæta að lofts­lags­mál­um.

A gazdag világ fosszilis energiahordozókkal kapcsolatos képmutatása teljes mértékben megmutatkozik abban, ahogy reagált az Oroszország ukrajnai invázióját követő globális energiaválságra. Miközben a vagyonos G7-országok arra intik a világ szegény államait, hogy a klímavédelmi aggályok miatt csak megújuló energiaforrásokat használjanak, Európa és az Egyesült Államok könyörög az arab országoknál, hogy azok növeljék az olajkitermelésüket.

Europa e Usa rivalutano perfino carbone e petrolio per far fronte alla crisi energetica, ma pretendono che l’Africa usi solo fonti pulite. Condannandosi così al sottosviluppo

The rich world’s fossil fuel hypocrisy is on full display in its response to the global energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While the wealthy G7 countries admonish the world’s poor to use only renewables because of climate concerns, Europe and the United States are going begging to Arab nations to expand oil production, Germany is reopening coal power plants and Spain and Italy are ramping up African gas production.