Why Do We Fixate on Climate Rather Helping the World's Poor?

If the world’s governments — including our own — focus on a dozen challenges, it will put the most money where it does the most good

In 2017, $146 billion was spent on aid and development. Even this large sum remains a fraction of what would be needed to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, despite the scarce resources, there is surprisingly little discussion about setting priorities in development spending.

Steven Crowder sits down with Bjørn Lomborg, who is the President of the think tank Copenhagen Consensus Center & former Director of the Danish government's Environmental Assessment Institute in Copenhagen. The duo discusses if climate change is really the number one issue in America, if climate change is actually killing people, fracking, renewable energy, SDG, Trump, Biden and so much more.