Environment

SAO PAULO – As well-intentioned gestures go, Earth Hour is hard to beat. At the stroke of 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 27, nearly a billion people in more than 120 countries demonstrated their desire to do something about global warming by switching off their lights for an hour.

SÃO PAULO – In a heroic case of finding a silver lining in the bleakest of all situations, the European Union climate commissioner has concluded that the global economic crisis and recession actually provided a lucky break for everyone. Commissioner Connie Hedegaard says that the slowdown in economic activity will make it easier for the EU to achieve its 2020 goal of ensuring that greenhouse-gas emissions are 20% below their 1990 level.

IL PIU’ FAMOSO «AMBIENTALISTA SCETTICO» CHIEDE UN FONDO DA 250 MILIARDI: SERVE A SVILUPPARE LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE VERDI "Anche la mia verità è scomoda" Lomborg: divento attore contro Al Gore per sconfiggere l'effetto serra GABRIELE BECCARIA Pronunciate il nome Bjorn Lomborg e ogni ecologista politicamente corretto seppellirà lui - e voi - di improperi. Ma lo scienziato più odiato dai verdi ha preparato una sorpresa. E’ un libro e si intitola «Smart solutions to climate change», soluzioni intelligenti al cambiamento climatico.

Zero Hora: Hora de pensar nas soluções Saiu na capa do jornal britânico The Guardian na semana passada: “A voz diver- gente das mudanças climáticas mudou de ideia”. Pouco depois, vários sites repercutiam a improvável notícia: em seu novo livro, o pesquisador dinamarquês Bjorn Lomborg, autor de alguns dos mais controversos livros da área, O Ambientalista Cético – Revelan- do a Real Situação do Mundo e Cool It – O Guia de Um Ambientalista Cético sobre o Aquecimento Global? e colunista do Nosso Mundo, defende que precisamos combater as mudanças climáticas.

Research Files: A Chat with Bjorn Lomborg Part 1 of 6 As part of our research for WTF! we interviewed some of the most influential thought leaders we could find. We met up with Bjorn Lomborg for lunch. Video, 6 part episode 

China and a New Age of Energy WED JUL 21, 2010 Host: Warren Olney

Climat : l'avenir passe par les énergies vertes

June 28 8:30pm BBC1 We’re told another barbecue summer and droughts are on the way - but do you really trust the predictions any more? Despite governments, scientists and campaigners telling us the world's climate is changing, increasing numbers of us simply don't believe in global warming. After one of the coldest winters on record and a vicious row about the science behind climate change, Panorama goes back to basics and asks what we really know about our climate and how it will affect us.

June 25, 2010: Frenate gli incentivi serve piú ricerca PROPOSTE Dopo il libro "L'ambientalista scettico", l'economista danese Bjorn Lomborg rilancia con un film anti Al Gore. Sostenendo che si sprecano enormi risorse per ottentere risultati minimi. Meglio investire in nuove soluzioni. di Stefano Caviglia (...)