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Bjorn Lomborg

Bjorn Lomborg


Bjorn Lomborg is President of the Copenhagen Consensus and Visiting Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. His new book is "Best Things First", which The Economist named one of the best books of 2023.


Bjorn Lomborg's Articles

Make Climate Talks about Human Welfare

Nov 8 , 2025 . By Bjorn Lomborg

As politicians jet into Belém, Brazil, for the 30th annual UN climate meeting, phila...


Climate Crisis Is Real. The Hysteria Is Not

Oct 11 , 2025 . By Bjorn Lomborg

Over the past half-century, environmentalists have predicted countless calamities tha...


Rising Prosperity Best Cure for a Ailing Planet

May 3 , 2025 . By Bjorn Lomborg

It is tempting to believe that the world is on the brink of environmental collapse. W...


Green Fatigue Sets In as Climate Rhetoric Meets a Hard Reset

Apr 13 , 2025 . By Bjorn Lomborg

Over the past decade, corporate and international organisation leaders have become us...



A Pragmatic Path to Global Progress in 2025

Dec 21 , 2024 . By Bjorn Lomborg

As we close out the past year and look ahead to 2025, the holiday season is a time wh...


Empty Promises, Soaring Emissions, and Climate Summits' Farce

Nov 30 , 2024 . By Bjorn Lomborg

The latest climate summit has been as hypocritical and dysfunctional as everyone befo...


Climate Reparations in a Cash-Strapped West Futile Pursuit

Nov 16 , 2024 . By Bjorn Lomborg

The UN climate summit in Azerbaijan is happening in the shadow of Donald Trump's elec...


As Traditional Fixes Fall Short, Bold Educational Experiment Offers Hope

Oct 20 , 2024 . By Bjorn Lomborg

Children's educational test scores are a major cause of concern worldwide. Learning p...



Climate Zealots' Costly Folly of a Fossil Fuel-Free Utopia

Jul 20 , 2024 . By Bjorn Lomborg

Beginning in the 1990s, climate change has become a fixation for rich country politic...


Confronting the Global Neglect of High Blood Pressure

Jun 29 , 2024 . By Bjorn Lomborg

Some of the world's big challenges get a lot of attention. Climate change, war and im...


African Development Bank's Shift Leaves Core Poverty Issues in the Lurch

May 25 , 2024 . By Bjorn Lomborg

The world's development institutions are increasingly turning away from poverty-relat...


Soaring Hidden Costs Shine Behind Solar, Wind Power

May 2 , 2024 . By Bjorn Lomborg

The cost analysis of solar and wind energy often omits a critical factor: reliability...




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