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Of course, the world is full of problems. But on the other hand it’s important to get the sense… are we generally moving in the right direction or the wrong direction?

Bjorn Lomborg

I think it’s great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out all the problems that the Earth could encounter. But we need to understand that they are not presenting a full and rounded view.
BJORN LOMBORG

Earth People Thinking Understand Views
The only thing that will really change global warming in the long run is if we radically increase the speed with which we get alternative technologies to deal with climate change.
BJORN LOMBORG

Long Running Technology
There is no question that global warming will have a significant impact on already existing problems such as malaria, malnutrition, and water shortages. But this doesn’t mean the best way to solve them is to cut carbon emissions.
BJORN LOMBORG

Carbon Cutting Emissions Mean
Global warming is real – it is man-made and it is an important problem. But it is not the end of the world.
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Important Men Problem Real World
We see many more, but the number is roughly constant, and we manage to deal much better with them over time. Globally, the death rate from catastrophes has dropped about fifty-fold over the past century.
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Catastrophes Dropped Fold Iverm Death
Listen, global warming is a real problem, but it’s not the end of the world. A 30-centimetre sea level rise is just not going to bring the world to a standstill, just like it didn’t over the last 150 years.
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Global Listen Real Sea Years
Wishful thinking is not sound public policy.
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Policy Sound Thinking
We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastrophes. Yet this is mainly a consequence of CNN.
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Numbers Past Worry
I’m an old member of Greenpeace. I worried intensely, as I think most of my friends did, that the world was coming apart.
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Men Old Thinking World Worried
I really try to say things as they basically are and it so happens that it is a good message that things are getting better, but there are still problems.
BJORN LOMBORG

Get Better Messages Trying
Winter regularly takes many more lives than any heat wave: 25,000 to 50,000 each year die in Britain from excess cold.
BJORN LOMBORG

Europe Winter Years
Of course, the world is full of problems. But on the other hand it’s important to get the sense… are we generally moving in the right direction or the wrong direction?
BJORN LOMBORG

Course Hands Important Moving
Nobody wanted to buy a computer in 1950, but once they got cheap, everyone bought them.
BJORN LOMBORG

Computer Making Nobody Panels Solar Wanted
Obviously any group that has to have funding also needs to get attention to their issues.
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Groups Issues Needs
So it’s mainly a question of helping the Third World overcome the effects of global warming.
BJORN LOMBORG

Helping Overcoming World
My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation.
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Drinking Suggestions Water

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