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 LOMBORGOn average, global warming is not going to harm the developing world.
More Bjorn Lomborg Quotes
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For the longest time in Denmark I didn’t want to say what I was politically. I thought it was irrelevant.
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The Kyoto treaty has an estimated cost of between US$150 and $350 billion a year, starting in 2010.
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Across Europe, there are six times more cold-related deaths than heat-related deaths…by 2050…Warmer temperatures will save 1.4 million lives each year.
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We need to invest dramatically in green energy, making solar panels so cheap that everybody wants them.
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There is something wrong with saying we should start using renewables now, while they are still incredibly expensive.
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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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The second thing is, if you want to do something about global warming, you have to think much more long-term.
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My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation.
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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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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.
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So it’s mainly a question of helping the Third World overcome the effects of global warming.
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Nobody wanted to buy a computer in 1950, but once they got cheap, everyone bought them.
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To prepare adequately for the challenge of global warming, we must acknowledge both the good and the bad that it will bring.
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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?
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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.
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