CZ: "Je třeba se adaptovat, než se snažit snižovat skleníkové plyny," říká Bjorn Lomborg

2012-12-10

Tento víkend se delegáti klimatického summitu OSN v katarském Dauhá dohodli na prodloužení kjótského protokolu o dalších osm let. Největší znečišťovatelé, Spojené státy americké a Čína, se k dohodě opět nepřipojily, stejně jako Kanada nebo Japonsko. Podobné dohody však nemají...

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Lomborg interview - Global warming: hype or fact

Interview for The Voice of Russia by Yekaterina Kudashkina, 6 Dec, 2012.

Global warming is real, it is man-made and it is an important problem. But the way it is often being portrayed as the cause of the vast majority of extreme weather incidents is simply unfounded.If we look at a lot of the...

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DK: Lomborg - Klassens frækkke dreng

Mens resten af verden lytter interesseret til Bjørn Lomborgs tanker, så mødes han med foragt i toneangivende kredse i Danmark. Men det er er faktisk værd at lytte til Lomborg, og det gør man uden for vores hjemlige andedam.

Af Jesper Beinov, i Berlingske.

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PL: Morał huraganu Sandy

Racjonalista

Autor tekstu: Bjørn Lomborg

Tłumaczenie: Małgorzata Koraszewska

Kiedy „supersztorm" Sandy uderzył we wschodnie wybrzeże Stanów Zjednoczonych 29 października, nie tylko zalał metro Nowego Jorku i stał się najważniejszym czynnikiem dla 15%...

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DK: Lomborg: Vi skal tro på rationaliteten igen

På P1 Eksistens, 03. december 2012

"Jeg kunne godt tænke mig at vi kom tilbage til en verden, hvor vi igen troede på rationaliteten, hvor vi igen troede på at det giver mening at stille de hårde spørgsmål, og også turde høre svaret", siger Bjørn Lomborg der i sidste uge blev udnævnt til...

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Solutions to consider on Worlds AIDS Day - Lomborg's article in Quartz

Economics of a virus
Solutions to consider on Worlds AIDS Day: Send more girls to school and circumcise boys
By Bjørn Lomborg — November 30, 2012

On World AIDS Day, we hear considerable rhetoric about the importance of stepping up the fight against HIV. But the reality is that donor fatigue and tougher economic conditions have caused external HIV/AIDS funding for Africa to stagnate.

This puts at risk recent dramatic progress, including a dramatic...

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Lomborg named Top 100 Global Thinker 2012 by Foreign Policy

Fp Top100

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DK: Interview with Lomborg, Radio 24syv

24syv Eftermiddag

26. november 2012 - kl. 15.05
Vi fortæller dig, hvad der er sket, siden du kørte på arbejde. Følger op på dagens store nyheder og...
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DK: Lomborg: Min fremtid ligger ikke i Danmark

Af Søren Munch, i Jyllands-Posten, 2012-11-26

For femte gang er Bjørn Lomborg udnævnt til en af verdens 100 største tænkere.

Det er ikke alle, der vil høre på ham, og mange er uenige med ham. Men den danske klima- og miljødebattør Bjørn Lomborgs internationale anseelse og...

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The Moral of Sandy

 

Hurricane Sandy isn't about reducing CO2 emissions. It's about better disaster-preparedness.

Op-ed by Bjørn Lomborg in Project Syndicate.

When “superstorm” Sandy hit the east coast of the United States on October 29, it not only flooded the New York City Subway and...
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In Africa, we must do the most good with each pound spent on Aids-HIV

Article in The Guardian by Bjørn Lomborg.

With donor money to fight HIV and Aids falling, spending in sub-Saharan Africa must be targeted to get the best results.

There are few global issues more urgent or devastating than the toll of HIV and Aids in Africa. Sub-Saharan...

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Climate Course Correction

The world has spent two decades developing policies to combat global warming -- and we have little to show for it.

By Bjørn Lomborg in Foreign Policy
 
Whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney finds himself working from the Oval Office over the next four years, he will...
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PL: Przerażające zdjęcia

Autor tekstu: Bjørn Lomborg

Tłumaczenie: Małgorzata Koraszewska

Bojownicy spraw ważnych, ale skomplikowanych, zirytowani długim czasem, potrzebnym dla publicznych rozważań, często przesadzają swoje twierdzenia w nadziei na zdominowanie debaty publicznej przez jedno...
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Fox News Reporting: Behind Obama’s Green Agenda

Fox interview with Bjørn Lomborg.

Watch it online (only available from the USA)

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Ignoring 'Fantastic Opportunity' of Gas Is Foolish

 

Lomborg answers questions about fracking, nuclear power, GMOs and organic food from Bloomberg News reporter Alex Morales:

Bloomberg: You've been looking at the benefits of fracking. Tell me what you've found.

Lomborg: Fracking in a U.S....

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Scary Pictures

Oct 10, 2012 in Project Syndicate

By Bjørn Lomborg

Campaigners on important but complex issues, annoyed by the length of time required for public deliberations, often react by exaggerating their claims, hoping to force a single solution to the forefront of public debate. But,...

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TV Interview with Lomborg on SunNews Network, Canada

Check out the interview with Bjørn Lomborg on Ezra Levant's show, from October 9, 2012.

View it online

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Not So Hot

The new climate-change study getting all the headlines is deliberately misleading. Too bad so many in the media got fooled.

By Bjørn Lomborg, in Foreign Policy

September 26 was a triumph for public relations. An organization called DARA launched a report called "Climate Vulnerability...

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PL: Dobra Nowina

Autor tekstu: Bjørn Lomborg

Tłumaczenie: Małgorzata Koraszewska

Tego lata warunki pogodowe na całym świecie dostarczyły obfitej pożywki debacie o globalnym ociepleniu. Susza i fale upałów są zwiastunami naszej przyszłości, obcięcie emisji dwutlenku węgla jest bardziej...

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A Fracking Good Story

Sep. 13, 2012 in Project Syndicate

By Bjørn Lomborg

Weather conditions around the world this summer have provided ample fodder for the global warming debate. Droughts and heat waves are a harbinger of our future, carbon cuts are needed now more than ever, and yet meaningful...

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Food for the Wealthy, Not for the Poor

11 September, 2012 in the New York Times

By Bjørn Lomborg

 

The Stanford study showed what most academics already knew: there are few if any health benefits of organic foods. In reaction, many critics of the study emphasized their lower pesticide content, and general...

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DK: Regeringen opgiver opgør med borgerlige debattører

Mandag 3. sept. 2012 POLITIKEN

Af Kristian Klarskov

 

 

Før valget ville S-SF spare 100 mio. kr. på et opgør med »borgerlige debattører« på statsstøtte. Nu er projektet opgivet. Bjørn Lomborg og en værdikommission blev de eneste ofre....

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DK: Invester i innovation

KRONIK DEN 29. AUGUST 2012, JYLLANDS-POSTEN

Af Bjørn Lomborg

Vi må acceptere, at det aldrig vil lykkes at gøre fossile brændstoffer så dyre, at ingen vil have dem. I stedet skal vi fokusere på at gøre grønne energikilder så billige, at alle vil have dem.

Alle ved...
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Is Growth Good?

Resources, Development, and the Future of the Planet

Lomborg's answer to responses written to his "Environmental Alarmism, Then and Now" article in Foreign Affairs.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS DO NOT OPPOSE GROWTH

Frances Beinecke

In 1970, U.S. President Richard...

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DK: Den optimistiske skeptiker

 10. august 2012, i Weekendavisen

Af Frede Vestergaard

Jordens tilstand. Herhjemme har regeringen fjernet bevillingen til Copenhagen Consensus Center. Men internationalt er der stadig bud efter Bjørn Lomborg....

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Podcast: Geo-engineering: fixing climate for just US$6 billion

By Stilgherrian for Patch Monday

27 August, 2012

Dr. Bjorn Lomborg and Dr. Casper Hewett talk about geo-engineering.

Listen to the 20 min podcast on ZDNet here

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4BC radio interview with Bjorn Lomborg

4BC

Greg Cary speaks with Professor Bjorn Lomborg about global warming, the unnecessary panic caused and carbon tax.

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PL: Klimat jak woda

Autor tekstu: Bjørn Lomborg

Tłumaczenie: Małgorzata Koraszewska

„Wszyscy wiedzą", że należy pić osiem szklanek wody dziennie. W końcu to radzą niezliczeni autorzy poradników zdrowia, żeby nie wspomnieć o takich autorytetach jak brytyjska Narodowa Służba Zdrowia. Zdrowe...

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DK: ENEREN - Interview med Bjørn Lomborg

En af verdens 100 mest indflydelsesrige mænd tog rent faktisk sin studentereksamen i Aalborg. Camilla Miehe-Renard har været i audiens hos den tidligere chef for Institut for Miljøvurdering. Det blev til en god snak om ungdomstiden i Aalborg, om at være i vælten som ivrig...

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BG: Датският политолог и скептичен еколог Бьорн Ломборг: Без паника за климата

CapitalCapital

Capital, Bulgaria

Aug 17, 2012.

Бьорн Ломборг: Без паника за климата

Датският политолог и скептичен еколог...

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Sky News TV interview with Lomborg

Sky News TV, Australia.

Aug 21, 2012.

What can we learn from Australia's carbon tax?

Is the Australian policy of a carbon tax, or a price of carbon, a good policy? What is the likelihood...

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Business Spectator interview

BSBusiness Spectator - Australian business news

Why the carbon tax doesn't work

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CL: El ecologista esceptico, in Paula Magazine

Paula Magazine, Chile

El ecologista esceptic, Bjorn Lomborg

Por Barbara Riedemann.

Aug 2, 2012.

Autor de polémico libro que les baja el perfil a perocupaciones politicamenta correctas como el calentamiento global y la escasez de recursos naturales, el científico danés Bjorn Lomborg, estuvo en Chile invitado a la segunda Cumbre de Sustenabilidad realizada a principios de julio en Casa Piedra.  (...)

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Like Water for Climate

2012-08-14.

Like Water for Climate,

by Bjorn Lomborg

“Everyone knows” that you should drink eight glasses of water a day. After all, this is the advice of a multitude of...

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DK: De sexede løsninger er ikke altid de bedste

Bjørn Lomborg og Copenhagen Consensus Center har sammen med forskere og økonomer undersøgt, hvordan de penge, der går til u-landsbistand, kan få mest nytteværdi og hjælpe flest mennesker. 

interview

AF INOR DALE

Bjørn Lomborg er kendt, og i nogle kredse berygtet, for sin tilgang til verdens udfordringer. Hans navn giver genklang i klimadebatten, hvor han har skabt sig både venner og fjender, men også et navn inden for samtidens forskning. Copenhagen Consensus Center 2012 er et...

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Green Domestic Product?

Project SyndicateGreen Domestic Product?

July 13, 2012

Project Syndicate

By Bjorn Lomborg

SANTIAGO – One of the recurrent themes at the United Nations’ spectacularly unsuccessful Rio+20...

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ES: Chile Publimetro - Lomborg entrevista

Entrevista,Publimetro Chile.

2012-07-05, Andrea Sepulveda

Bjorn Lomborg, el ambientalista escéptico llega a Chile

El danés fue escogido uno de los hombres más influyentes del mundo (...). 

 

http://www.readmetro.com/en/chile/santiago/20120705/ (the interview is on page 16).

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Español - Ambientalista danés: “Los gobiernos deben definir prioridades en la discusión medioambiental”

Diario Financiero

Miércoles 4 de julio de 2012 | 05:00

BJORN LOMBORG

El escritor danés alerta que los países están gastando demasiado en prevenir el calentamiento global en desmedro de otros problemas.

Leer online

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Lomborg: Feel-Good Environmentalism at the U.N. - The Wall Street Journal

Why do the global glitterati ignore water and air pollution?

20 June, 2012.

By Bjorn Lomborg

The United Nations environment summit in Rio this week is a great example of how good intentions can thwart real progress on global problems.

What's the world's biggest environmental challenge? Ask the global elites at U.N. conferences, and they're likely to answer: "global warming." Global warming is indeed a concern, and we need smart solutions. But let's put things in perspective....

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PL: Lomborg op-ed: Bieda zanieczyszcza

Racjonalista PL logo
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RIO+20: Earth Summit Negotiated the Size of the Zero

IPS logoInter Press Service, 2012-06-07. 

RIO+20: Earth Summit Negotiated the Size of the Zero

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BR: Interview with Lomborg in Zero Hora

Zero Hora logoZero Hora,

2012-05-05

Rio+20 na balança diplomática

JÚLIA OTERO
Nada de sair plantando árvores, proibir o uso de carro ou cortar de vez a emissão de monóxido de carbono. As medidas que...

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Right sentiment, wrong problems, poor solutions

Rio+20: Right sentiment, wrong problems, poor solutions

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Environmental Alarmism, Then and Now

Foreign Affairs logoForeign Affairs logoFOREIGN AFFAIRS

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A Sound Bite on Limits to Growth

BBC Radio 4's The Today

2012-06-19

Bjorn Lomborg

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IT: Intervista a Bjørn Lomborg, famoso “ambientalista scettico”

Tempi.it.

2012-06-20: Intervista a Bjørn Lomborg, famoso “ambientalista scettico”Tempi.itTempi.it

Leone Grotti

Oggi si apre a Rio de Janeiro la conferenza Onu sullo sviluppo...

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AT: Lomborg in Der Standard: "Weniger zahlen und viel mehr erreichen"

der standard

 

Der Standard.

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Fareed Zakaria GPS : Lomborg on environmentalism

Pic BL 2012-06-17 CNN Fareed Zakaria GPSPic BL 2012-06-17 CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS

2012-06-17...

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Lomborg: Research Is The Way Ahead for Preserving Biodiversity

Biodiversity campaigners should push the case for more R&D, rather than putting out alarming figures or pictures of endangered cuddly animals
Forbes India
By Bjorn Lomborg.
Jun 14, 2012

Disappearing biodiversity has increasingly received mainstream media attention in the past few years. Often, biodiversity campaigners have attempted to capture our attention with pictures of cuddly endangered animals, or alarming figures about the rate of disappearing species....

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The Debate: Should we be doing more to combat climate change?

The IndependentThe IndependentIndependent.

Read the opinion of Bjorn Lomborg and Tony Jupiter.
By Laura Davis
Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Fifty years ago, few people cared about pollution,...

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