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The great green con?
Bjorn LomborgUnpick all the assumptions and organic food is just the world’s wealthy spending more to feel good.
Please mind the efficiency gap
Bjorn LomborgGreen energy needs new ideas to drive down prices, which means investing in serious R&D.;
world commentaryBangladesh does better on TB
Bjorn LomborgWhat if policymakers compared bridges to school textbooks — to figure out where first to direct the money?
Dear World Bank, we want food
Bjorn LomborgImplementing global warming policies is hardly the most pressing issue facing poor nations.
Paris treaty is ‘wishful thinking’
Bjorn LomborgIt is likely that the Paris treaty is the most expensive in the history of the world, and will not achieve its objectives.
Politicians pursue the impossible
Bjorn LomborgIf a 2C target is out of reach, what hope does a lower one have?
Symbolism Over Substance
Bjorn LomborgThe Paris climate conference is about symbolism: spending a lot of money to feel good but do very little.
Climate change to blame for IS?
Bjorn LomborgThere is reason to believe that some changes to the climate could exacerbate instability in already volatile areas.
The immoral cost of Paris cuts
Bjorn LomborgNegotiated carbon cuts will severely hit the global economy - money that could improve the lives of billions.
Do people really want action?
Bjorn LomborgClimate change is a real problem, but there are many other global problems the world finds even more important.
Climate aid gone wrong
Bjorn LomborgA fixation on ‘climate aid’ isn’t what the world’s poor want or need. Here’s a real-life example of why.
Incompatible thoughts on climate
Bjorn LomborgTake your pick: either you need green energy production subsidies, or solar and wind is already competitive.
Paris price tag? Just don’t ask
Bjorn LomborgWhen it comes to global climate treaties, politicians are loath to admit their commitments carry a big cost.
Blowing chance to help the planet
Bjorn Lomborg‘Wind tree’ sums up the futility of the Paris climate talks.
What will Paris hot air achieve?
Bjorn LomborgEven if it’s successful, any deal negotiated in Paris is going to do very little to rein in temperature rises.
Paris climate blogBiggest protest, not top priority
Bjorn LomborgGlobal warming is a challenge that the developed world cares about much more than those that are worst off.
The problem with Climate Aid
BJORN LOMBORGMoney is being diverted to climate-related matters at the expense of health, education and economic development.
How will Paris talks succeed?
Bjorn LomborgIt’s easy to become cynical about the climate talks so we should be asking; what would it take for Paris to succeed?
CLIMATE SUMMIT BLOGDeja vu in Paris
Bjorn LomborgHistory tells us this ‘last chance’ UN gathering will come and go with no real impact on temperature rises.
Greenest energy yet to be invented
Bjorn LomborgWe’ll beat global warming when we have a power source cheaper than coal.
Counting cost of wind and solar
Bjorn LomborgThere’s an eye-watering price to pay for a minuscule benefit to the environment.
Facts obstruct a good story
Bjorn LomborgSome journalists disregard reality when it comes to reporting on Consensus research.
world commentaryThe keys to fighting global poverty
Bjorn LomborgNineteen of the UN’s 169 targets to eliminate world poverty are good value.
Closed minds reject valuable study
Bjorn LomborgOpponents of the Australian Consensus Centre turn their backs on viable development goals, including green energy.
Smarter ways to help save world
Finn Kydland, Bjorn Lomborg, Tom Schelling, Nancy StokeyLimited funds make global goals difficult, but good targets should improve millions of lives.
Escape route from poverty
bjorn lomborgMASS mobile internet access would prove transformative for the developing world.
Paris becomes Copenhagen
BJORN LOMBORGCHINA offers business as usual and the US makes promises it is unlikely to keep.
Free trade makes world richer
BJORN LOMBORGBREAKING down barriers will lift millions of people out of extreme poverty.
Poverty must be world’s top priority
BJORN LOMBORGYES, global warming is a real problem, but it makes no sense to claim it is the world’s first priority.
Wind plan a costly vanity project
Bjorn LomborgLOWER world prices for fossil fuels have reduced the allure of clean energy.
Gas is greenest in the short term
BJORN LOMBORGFRACKING is by far the cheapest way to tackle climate change at the moment.
Just because it sounds good …
BJORN LOMBORGIDENTIFYING realistic, achievable goals is the essential first step in making a better world.
Opinion
We’ll all win if PM cows unions
Janet Albrechtsen The power grab for volunteer firefighters goes to the heart of the federal election.
Disruption looms in anti-elitism
Paul Kelly Feeling ripped off by corruption and afraid of terrorism and migrants, voters are going to extremes.
Politics is turning into tennis
Greg Craven There are only two dogs in this fight — our first unashamedly imperial poll.
Don’t be fooled, focus on future
Catherine Livingstone We need policies that prevent a downward spiral as the world’s economy evolves.
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