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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.

~Bjorn Lomborg

Topics: Aid Carbon Clean Clean Water Cuts Education Effective Food Health Infrastructure Investments Money Prevention Sanitation Spent Use Water

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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, has been cut by more than half since 1955, rivers and coastal waters have dramatically improved, and forests are increasing.

~Bjorn Lomborg

Topics: Air Air Pollution Been Coastal Cut Dramatically Environmental Forests Half Important Improved Increasing Indicator More Most Pollution Rich Rivers Since Situation States Than The Most Important United United States Waters World

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When a business group tells us there is nothing wrong with the environment, naturally they may have good arguments, but we are also sceptical, because we know that they have an interest in these things.

~Bjorn Lomborg

Topics: Also Argument Because Business Environment Good Group Interest Know May Naturally Nothing Tells Things Us Wrong

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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 out who was right and who was wrong. But we have to go with the best information right now, which I would claim to be the IPCC reports.

~Bjorn Lomborg

Topics: Aware Best Certain Certain Point Claim Community Different Find Go Hypotheses Information Now Out Point Reports Right Scientific Throws Tons Up Which Who Would Wrong

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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 200 million dollars annually on research into renewable energy.

~Bjorn Lomborg

Topics: About Dollars Energy Global Global Warming Million Million Dollars More Much Natural Now Renewable Renewable Energy Research Right Scale Spending Think Us Warming Which

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There is no doubt that we should take solar radiation into account. We have seen ground temperatures rising since 1975, and it is important to know to what extent that has been caused by the sun or by carbon dioxide.

~Bjorn Lomborg

Topics: Account Been Carbon Carbon Dioxide Caused Doubt Extent Ground Important Know No Doubt Radiation Rising Seen Should Since Solar Sun Take Temperatures

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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.

~Bjorn Lomborg

Topics: About Expensive Global Global Warming Incredibly Long-Term More Much Now Saying Second Should Something Start Still Thing Think Using Want Warming While Wrong You

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

~Bjorn Lomborg

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The fact that we're catching more fish per person than we've ever done before doesn't mean that there are not particular places where we've managed fisheries badly.

~Bjorn Lomborg

Topics: Badly Before Catching Done Ever Fact Fish Mean More Particular Per Person Places Than Where

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

~Bjorn Lomborg

Topics: Effects Global Global Warming Helping Mainly Overcome Question Third Third World Warming World

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Biography

Nationality: Danish

Type: Scientist

Born: January 6th, 1965

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