--- title: "Best Climate Quotes by Bjorn Lomborg" description: "44 Climate quotes by Bjorn Lomborg. Plus more from Bjorn Lomborg and more Climate sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a99/bjorn-lomborg-8937_air_in-the-rich-world-the-environmental-situ_2674086.jpg" --- > [In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/in-the-rich-world-the-environmental-situation-has-improved/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a99/bjorn-lomborg-8937_air_in-the-rich-world-the-environmental-situ_2674086.jpg) > [“When a company (e.g. Enron) is calling for more environmental regulation, we need to look very carefully at what they might stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/when-a-company-e-g-enron-is-calling-for-more-environmental-regulation/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/bjorn-lomborg-8937_business_when-a-company-e-g-enron-is-calling-for_786870.jpg) > [“The expanding bull’s eye effect means we’re likely to see much more costly disasters happen over time, even if the climate doesn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/the-expanding-bull-s-eye-effect-means-we-re-likely-to-see-much-more/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/bjorn-lomborg-8937_air-conditioning_the-expanding-bull-s-eye-effect-means-we_1719811.jpg) > [“People are panicking about climate change in large part because the media and environmental campaigners tell us to, because politicians overhype the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/people-are-panicking-about-climate-change-in-large-part-because-the/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ac/bjorn-lomborg-8937_change_people-are-panicking-about-climate-chang_1551540.jpg) ## Other authors on Climate - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-mckibben-17985.jpg) Bill McKibben 139 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/bill-mckibben/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-gore-10150.jpg) Al Gore 133 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/al-gore/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 116 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-van-jones-93135.jpg) Van Jones 72 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/van-jones/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-hansen-46376.jpg) James Hansen 66 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/james-hansen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-naomi-klein-70169.jpg) Naomi Klein 62 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/naomi-klein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeff-goodell-48353.jpg) Jeff Goodell 57 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/jeff-goodell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernie-sanders-17420.jpg) Bernie Sanders 53 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/bernie-sanders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 50 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/rush-limbaugh/) - [Michael Shellenberger 47 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/michael-shellenberger/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jill-stein-49626.jpg) Jill Stein 45 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/jill-stein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-gates-17911.jpg) Bill Gates 45 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/bill-gates/) ## More by Bjorn Lomborg > [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 year, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/if-every-country-committed-to-spending-0-05-per-cent-of-gdp-on/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [For the longest time in Denmark I didn't want to say what I was politically. I thought it was irrelevant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/for-the-longest-time-in-denmark-i-didn-t-want-to-say-what-i-was/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [It seems incontrovertible to me that there is a global warming effect and that it is going to be serious, probably not in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/it-seems-incontrovertible-to-me-that-there-is-a-global-warming-effect/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [I'm an old member of Greenpeace. I worried intensely, as I think most of my friends did, that the world was coming apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/i-m-an-old-member-of-greenpeace-i-worried-intensely-as-i-think-most/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [Even if I was a bad right wing guy, to the extent of whether my arguments are right or wrong, they're right or wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/even-if-i-was-a-bad-right-wing-guy-to-the-extent-of-whether-my/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [Lots of people say we should fly less, heat less, and put on a sweater. But it's not going to happen. People are happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/lots-of-people-say-we-should-fly-less-heat-less-and-put-on-a-sweater/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [Wishful thinking is not sound public policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/wishful-thinking-is-not-sound-public-policy/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [“One of the great ironies of climate change activism today is that many of the movement’s most vocal proponents are also horrified by global…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/one-of-the-great-ironies-of-climate-change-activism-today-is-that/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [“Global temperature and GDP are both rising, and each affects the other… We have to find the right balance between the two factors. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/global-temperature-and-gdp-are-both-rising-and-each-affects-the-other/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [The obvious issue is providing clean drinking water and sanitation to every single human being on earth at the cost of little more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/the-obvious-issue-is-providing-clean-drinking-water-and-sanitation-to/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/my-suggestion-is-that-we-should-first-work-to-ensure-the-third-world/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [“We should not confuse the rising costs of flooding with flooding itself (or indeed with climate change). It is entirely caused by more houses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/we-should-not-confuse-the-rising-costs-of-flooding-with-flooding/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/money-spent-on-carbon-cuts-is-money-we-can-t-use-for-effective/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [“The negative impacts (of biofuels) were much greater than most had anticipated...the amount of crops needed to fill an SUV’s fuel tank with biofuel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/the-negative-impacts-of-biofuels-were-much-greater-than-most-had/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [But this is an occupational hazard of being a scientist. You say this is the best information I have and then you realize that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/but-this-is-an-occupational-hazard-of-being-a-scientist-you-say-this/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/bjorn-lomborg/#itemlist", "name": "Best Climate Quotes by Bjorn Lomborg", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. 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