http://www.project-syndicate.org/series/global_warning <em>Should addressing climate change be the leading global priority? Can economic growth and environmental protection be reconciled? Who should pay the costs of pollution: Consumers? Big business? Government? Can we really feed the world on organically grown food?</em><br/> <p><a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,45#thinker76"><img src="http://www.project-syndicate.org/images/FP/490x200-PS-ads-1.jpg"/></a></p> en 2012-02-10T06:00:39+01:00 webmaster@project-syndicate.org Bjørn Lomborg 1994-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 4 hourly http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg80/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg80/English>LOMBORG: The Emperor’s New Climate-Change Agreement</a> Dressing up failure as victory has been integral to climate-change negotiations since they started 20 years ago. The latest round of talks in Durban, South Africa in December were no exception. Bjørn Lomborg 2012-01-10T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg79/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg79/English>LOMBORG: The Climate Extremists</a> Nowadays, no hurricane or heat wave passes without a politician or activist claiming it as evidence of the need for a global climate deal, like the one sought at the latest round of unsuccessful negotiations in Durban, South Africa. But such claims merit close scrutiny. Bjørn Lomborg 2011-12-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg78/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg78/English>LOMBORG: Seeming Green</a> From political photo opportunities, to governments' environmental subsidies, it seems everyone these days wants to look green. But we do not burn fossil fuels simply to annoy environmentalists; we burn them because fossil fuels facilitate virtually all the material advances that civilization has achieved over the last few hundred years. Bjørn Lomborg 2011-11-14T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg77/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg77/English>LOMBORG: Making HIV/AIDS Investments Count</a> Funding from developed governments for efforts to combat HIV/AIDS is dropping – a trend that must be reversed. But we also need to acknowledge that billions of dollars have been spent on well-meaning attempts to save lives, with an alarming lack of high-quality evaluation of how these investments have performed. Bjørn Lomborg 2011-10-14T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg76/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg76/English>LOMBORG: Rethinking the Fight against HIV</a> HIV/AIDS remains a daily threat to millions, stunts development, and destroys far too many lives. With attention and financial support flagging, it is vital that we step up our fight against the disease by adding lessons from cost-benefit analysis to our arsenal. Bjørn Lomborg 2011-09-15T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg75/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg75/English>LOMBORG: A Dim Light on Global Warming</a> Amid a growing wave of concern about climate change, many countries – including Brazil, Australia, the US, and EU members – passed laws in the 2000’s outlawing or severely restricting access to incandescent light bulbs. But the real problem, as ever, is that the new technology is not yet as attractive as the old. Bjørn Lomborg 2011-08-12T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg74/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg74/English>LOMBORG: Green Bootleggers and Baptists</a> Whenever opposite political forces attract, as activists and big business have in the case of global warming, there is a high risk that the public interest will be caught in the middle. That, in a nutshell, is the story of the rise of "renewable" energy. Bjørn Lomborg 2011-07-15T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg73/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg73/English>LOMBORG: How to Set Goals</a> The intention behind the UN's Millennium Development Goals was laudable, but 11 years on, progress in achieving them has been uneven. As decision-makers start to consider what our aspirations should be after the deadline has expired in 2015, it is worth looking back at what worked, what didn’t, and how we could do better. Bjørn Lomborg 2011-06-14T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg72/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg72/English>LOMBORG: The Myth of Green Energy Security</a> In many Western countries, climate-change policies are increasingly being wrapped in promises of greater energy security. But the old, discredited policies look no better in their new packaging. Bjørn Lomborg 2011-05-17T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg71/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg71/English>LOMBORG: No Nukes?</a> The harsh reality highlighted by the Fukushima nuclear disaster – is that we do not yet have the luxury of dumping nuclear power. Until we can find a feasible alternative, doing so would mean greater reliance on fossil fuels, and thus higher carbon emissions and more fatalities than nuclear energy has ever caused. Bjørn Lomborg 2011-04-13T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg70/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg70/English>LOMBORG: A Race to Hunger</a> Spectators at February’s Daytona 500 road race in Florida were handed green flags to wave in celebration of the news that the stock cars now use gasoline with 15% corn-based ethanol. But the millions of people now threatened by hunger as a result of developed countries' biofuel policies are not cheering. Bjørn Lomborg 2011-03-10T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg69/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lomborg69/English>LOMBORG: The False Promise of Green Jobs</a> Investment in alternative energy technologies like solar and wind, we are increasingly being told, promises huge economic payoffs – above all, a freshet of so-called "green jobs." Unfortunately, that promise does not measure up to economic reality. Bjørn Lomborg 2011-02-10T00:00:00+01:00