Of course, the world is full of problems. But on the other hand it's important to get the … - Bjorn Lomborg

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I sometimes wish we could have, over the next five or ten years, a lot of horrid things happening-you know, like tornadoes in the Midwest and so forth-that would get people very concerned about climate change.

Bjorn Lomborg

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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My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation.

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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 something wrong with saying we should start using renewables now, while they are still incredibly expensive.

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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 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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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 clean water and sanitation.

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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 computer in 1950, but once they got cheap, everyone bought them.

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