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27 Apr2012

Slate CC12: How To Get Food on Every Table

Published by Slate

How To Get Food on Every Table We have enough food to feed everyone. But we need to produce even more. Here’s why. By Bjørn Lomborg Posted Friday, April 27, 2012. The problem of hunger can be solved. The planet creates more than enough food to meet everyone’s needs. But there are still about 925 million hungry people in the world, and nearly 180 million preschool-age children do not get vital nutrients.

26 Apr2012

Slate Copenhagen Consensus 2012: Big Problems, Big Solutions

Published by Slate

Big Problems, Big Solutions Bjørn Lomborg has a group of Nobel laureates working to solve climate change, war, hunger, and more. And he wants to know what you think. By Bjørn Lomborg Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012. COPENHAGEN—This decade has seen remarkable progress against humanity’s greatest challenges. Consider the declaration of victory over polio in India, which seemed impossible 10 years ago. January marked one year since the country’s last reported case. Or look at the strides made against malaria: Over the past decade, the number of cases has been reduced by 17...

23 Apr2012

Article by Lomborg in The Wall Street Journal

Published by Wall Street Journal

An Economic Approach to the Environment Resources are limited. Cost-benefit analysis can inform our decisions. April 23, 2012 by Bjorn Lomborg

18 Apr2012

Lomborg interview on Frank Beckmann show

Published by WJR AM 760 Detroit

NewsTalk WJR 760am April 18, 2012. Bjorn Lomborg, adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School, where he founded and directs its Copenhagen Consensus Center, author of The Skeptic Environmentalist and Cool it, regarding Germany and China cutting back on subsidies for green energy.

15 Apr2012

El problema de las prioridades

Published by El Tiempo

2012-04-15 Esta década ha visto notables avances frente a los mayores desafíos de la humanidad. Considere la declaración de victoria sobre la polio en la India, un hecho que parecía imposible hace diez años. En enero se cumplió un año desde que se reportó el último caso en este país. O, mire los avances logrados frente a la malaria: en la última década el número de casos se ha reducido en un 17% y el número de muertes, en un 26%. (...)

13 Apr2012

Lomborg op-ed: The Problem of Priorities

Published by Project Syndicate

Project Syndicate, Apr. 13, 2012by Bjorn Lomborg. COPENHAGEN – This decade has seen remarkable progress against humanity’s greatest challenges. Consider the declaration of victory over polio in India, which seemed impossible ten years ago. January marked one year since the country’s last reported case. Or look at the strides made against malaria: over the past decade, the number of cases has been reduced by 17%, and the number of deaths has dropped by 26%. Despite global population growth and economic crisis, absolute poverty – the proportion of people living on less...

10 Apr2012

Interview with Lomborg on BBC radio The World Tonight

Published by BBC

BBC The World Tonight http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldtonight Apr 9, 2012. Starting at 28:01 min. Reporter: Paul Moss. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldtonight

27 Mar2012

Lo que el viento se llevó

Published by El Tiempo

2012-03-27 Las medidas encaminadas a frenar el calentamiento planetario han despertado un profundo deseo a escala mundial de desplegar energía renovable. A consecuencia de ello, la utilización de turbinas eólicas ha aumentando diez veces en el pasado decenio y se ha promocionado la energía eólica como la más rentable oportunidad ecológica. Según Connie Hedegaard, la comisaria de la Unión Europea encargada de los asuntos relativos al clima, "los ciudadanos deben creer que (la energía eólica) es muy, muy barata". En realidad, esa afirmación es muy problemática. Si bien la energía...

23 Mar2012

Lomborg comments on the Energiaftale / Danish Energy Agreement

Published by Energyaftale / Danish Energy Agreement

Bjorn Lomborg comments on the Energyaftale / Danish Energy Agreement, can be read in English and in Danish in the attached file. DK 1) Man er meget glad for, at vindenergi kan komme op på næsten 50% af DKs elproduktion. Desværre er el allerede omfattet af EUs kvotehandelssystem, så når vi bygger en vindmølle mere, så bliver kvoterne blot billigere i resten af EU og co2-reduktionen er derfor nul. Det bliver blot billigere at fyre med kul i Ungarn og Portugal. (Dette gælder for en væsentlig del af aftalen, men ikke den hele — biobrændsel er ikke omfattet aftalen, og derfor er reduktionen...

19 Mar2012

Vítr coby velmi špatná volba

Published by Hospodářské noviny

2012-03-19 Snaha zastavit globální oteplování vyvolala celosvětově silné nutkání rozvíjet obnovitelnou energii. V důsledku toho se za posledních deset let desetinásobně zvýšilo využívání větrných turbín, neboť větrná energie bývá často vychvalována jako nejefektivnější zelená příležitost. Podle Connie Hedegaardové, komisařky Evropské unie pro otázky klimatu, by "lidé měli věřit, že (větrná energie) je velmi, velmi levná". (...)

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