Climate Quotes by Bjorn Lomborg

Global warming is real - it is man-made and it is an important problem. But it is not the end of the…

— Bjorn Lomborg

On average, global warming is not going to harm the developing world.

— Bjorn Lomborg

So it's mainly a question of helping the Third World overcome the effects of global warming.

— Bjorn Lomborg

The Kyoto treaty has an estimated cost of between US$150 and $350 billion a year, starting in 2010.

— Bjorn Lomborg

There is no doubt that we should take solar radiation into account. We have seen ground temperatures rising since 1975, and it…

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I think it's great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out…

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“Adaptation is very effective at cooling cities, (e.g.) cool roofs and pavements… Adaptive actions can typically deliver much more protection much faster…

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The main environmental challenge of the 21st century is poverty. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, it's…

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The total efforts of the last 20 years of climate policy has likely reduced global emissions by less than 1 percent, or…

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There is no question that global warming will have a significant impact on already existing problems such as malaria, malnutrition, and water…

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Think on a 50-year scale, which is a much more natural time-scale for global warming. The US is right now spending about…

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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…

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“The Paris Agreement will have no perceptible impact on malaria because it will lead to such small temperature changes; in fact, it…

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“Climate policies often make life WORSE specifically for the poor...Choosing climate policies over growth policies doesn’t just do nothing. It means more…

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“A carbon tax forces you to take into account the climate disbenefits that your purchase is responsible for, so you can weigh…

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If we invest in researching and developing energy technology, we'll do some real good in the long run, rather than just making…

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Even if every major government were to slap huge taxes on carbon fuels - which is not going to happen - it…

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“Global temperature and GDP are both rising, and each affects the other… We have to find the right balance between the two…

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“The jarring fact is that humanity just finished spending two centuries GETTING RID OF renewable energy and replacing it with fossil fuels.…

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“The Paris Agreement will cost a fortune to carry out and do almost no good… Every single major industrialized country is failing…

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“Emissions of carbon dioxide are largely by-products of productivity-- of industry, governments, and individuals producing things that we want more of (including…

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“One of the great ironies of climate change activism today is that many of the movement’s most vocal proponents are also horrified…

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“Choosing expensive carbon-cutting policies or insisting on green development approaches might seem like an easy choice for the world’s elite in Washington,…

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“The science shows us that fears of a climate apocalypse are unfounded. Global warming is real, but it is not the end…

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“Biomass, which basically is a fancy-sounding name for wood, is one of the old, reliable renewables that can produce energy when it…

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“We must rein in temperature increases and help ensure that the most vulnerable can adapt. But today’s popular climate change policies of…

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“The negative impacts (of biofuels) were much greater than most had anticipated...the amount of crops needed to fill an SUV’s fuel tank…

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“We should not confuse the rising costs of flooding with flooding itself (or indeed with climate change). It is entirely caused by…

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If every country committed to spending 0.05 per cent of GDP on researching non-carbon-emitting energy technologies, that would cost $25 billion a…

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“What matters most is that we make sure that the most vulnerable, worst-off people living in shantytowns are lifted out of poverty.…

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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…

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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. There is…

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The saddest fact of climate change - and the chief reason we should be concerned about finding a proper response - is…

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“Cold homes are one of the leading causes of deaths in winter… A climate policy reversing the price reduction due to fracking…

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It seems incontrovertible to me that there is a global warming effect and that it is going to be serious, probably not…

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We have to be aware that the scientific community throws up tons of different hypotheses and at a certain point we'll find…

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We need to invest dramatically in green energy, making solar panels so cheap that everybody wants them. Nobody wanted to buy a…

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Winter regularly takes many more lives than any heat wave: 25,000 to 50,000 each year die in Britain from excess cold. Across…

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In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution,…

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“When a company (e.g. Enron) is calling for more environmental regulation, we need to look very carefully at what they might stand…

— Bjorn Lomborg