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Bjorn Lomborg

Middle-class Americans gain an estimated 29% of their purchasing power from foreign trade.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Freer trade still delivers – if we share the gains wisely

If solar and wind really were cheaper, the world’s poorer countries would have an inexpensive way to leapfrog from today’s energy poverty to energy abundance.

THE BROAD VIEW

The expensive green delusion

World Bank president Ajay Banga last November warned that climate change was “intertwined” with every challenge. Yet today, he somewhat implausibly tells reporters, “I’m not a climate evangelist”.

THE BROAD VIEW

Global leaders should end their flirtation with green virtue-signalling

China, once notorious for its severe pollution, is now actively cleaning up its air and water.

Don’t panic, planet earth is better off than we think

Freezing weather in northern France.

THE BOTTOM LINE

What climate spending really costs the world

A new year offers a fresh opportunity. Instead of trying to do it all, focus first on the interventions that yield the highest ROI for people, the planet and future generations.

PERSPECTIVE

A New Year’s resolution for progress: Focus on what works

Vehicles transferring coal in China. Over the past decade and even just last year, fossil fuel energy has increased twice as much as green energy.

Expensive climate policy is dead – and it could be an immense opportunity

The main problem is that wealthy countries want to cut emissions while poorer countries mainly want to eradicate poverty through growth that remains largely reliant on fossil fuels.

THE BROAD VIEW

The global climate process has lost its way

FILE PHOTO: A view of the turbines at Orsted's offshore wind farm near Nysted, Denmark, September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little/File Photo

THE BROAD VIEW

The myth of the green energy transition

The idea that there is only one correct policy – cutting carbon emissions to zero in a short timeframe – is absurd, and especially so when this sole policy is failing globally.

THE BROAD VIEW

When climate research is politicised

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