Bjorn Lomborg
The World Bank needs to refocus on poverty
Climate change demands action, but not at the poor’s expense
Freer trade still delivers – if we share the gains wisely
The right response to free trade’s downsides is not retreat, but smarter policy that better shares its vast upsides, especially with workers...
The expensive green delusion
The claim that cheap solar and wind is taking over from fossil fuels is a dangerous, expensive lie
Global leaders should end their flirtation with green virtue-signalling
Shareholders need to ask their companies hard questions about what their climate policies really do for the planet, and what they add...
Don’t panic, planet earth is better off than we think
On Earth Day, take a moment to appreciate the remarkable progress made in improving the environment – and acknowledge that a key...
What climate spending really costs the world
Inefficient climate policy distracts resources and attention from other priorities
A New Year’s resolution for progress: Focus on what works
AS WE close out the past year and look ahead to 2025, the holiday season is a time when we reflect on...
Expensive climate policy is dead – and it could be an immense opportunity
Innovating the price of green energy below fossil fuels is the only way to get everyone to switch
The global climate process has lost its way
The focus is now all about financial transfers, when the real challenge is to hasten the day the poorer countries can switch...
The myth of the green energy transition
While solar and wind energy use has increased to their highest-ever levels, consumption of fossil fuels has not declined