English

CNN'S AMANPOUR A New Look at the Climate Change Debate Aired February 24, 2010 - 15:00:00 ET

National Review Online Wednesday, April 21, 2010

In Honor of Earth Day, Let's Have Some DDT by Veronique de Rugy

The Vanity Fair Earth Day video has posted. It's 4 min and Bjorn Lomborg appears in the first minute.  He appears along the likes of Stephen Chu, Deepak Chopra, Frances Benecke and many more. An Eco Wish Forty years ago today, 20 million Americans stood up to promote environmental activism, and the modern environmental movement was born. Now more than 500 million people in 175 countries celebrate Earth Day.

Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough  Can green energy be cheap? An interview with Bjorn Lomborg 

...but scare tactics only hurt fight against global warming Apr 22, 2010 By Bjorn Lomborg

The recent revelations that some climate scientists have been exaggerating the likely impact of global warming left a lot of people wondering whether they could trust anything the environmental activists tell them. (...) 

FOX Business April 23, 2010 Has Spending on Carbon Emissions Made a Difference? "Cool It" author Bjorn Lomborg argues we need to find a new strategy to improve the environment is that is better and cheaper. Watch it online

Confederação da agricultura traz céticos do clima para SP O Estado de S. Paulo - 30/03/2010 A Confederação Nacional da Agricultura (CNA) convidou dois famosos céticos do clima, Patrick Michaels e Bjorn Lomborg (foto), para participar de um fórum sobre desenvolvimento agropecuário e aquecimento global. Os dois acreditam que a Terra esteja esquentando, mas não acham que a prioridade seja cortar as emissões de gases de efeito estufa.

In January 2010, Lomborg was interviewed by Joel Malan, an Australian now living in Copenhagen. JM: The Skeptical Environmentalist drew on your background in statistics to reach a more holistic interpretation of existing research. I understand you are not a climatologist as such, but what contribution can statistics make to the climate change debate?

Looking at the issues behind the trade of endangered species, plus Middle East banking. For interview with Lomborg: see 10:40-15:10. 

COPENHAGEN – For the better part of a decade, I have upset many climate activists by pointing out that there are far better ways to stop global warming than trying to persuade governments to force or bribe their citizens into slashing their reliance on fuels that emit carbon dioxide. What especially bugs my critics is the idea that cutting carbon is a cure that is worse than the disease – or, to put it in economic terms, that it would cost far more than the problem it is meant to solve. “How can that possibly be true?” they ask. “After all, we are talking about the end of the world.