Bjorn Lomborg Quotes

A collection of quotes by Bjorn Lomborg.

Bjorn Lomborg is a Danish author, academic, and environmental economist best known for his work on evaluating global priorities and challenges. He was born on January 6, 1965, in Frederiksberg, Denmark. Lomborg holds a master's degree in political science and is also a Ph.D. in political science.

Lomborg gained widespread recognition after the publication of his provocative book, "The Skeptical Environmentalist" in 1998. In the book, he challenged many commonly held beliefs and assertions regarding various environmental issues such as climate change, deforestation, and species extinction. Lomborg argued that while these problems deserved attention, they were often exaggerated and mismanaged by policymakers.

He is the founder of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, an international think tank that aims to prioritize global challenges and find cost-effective solutions. Lomborg has been an advocate for the use of economic analysis and rational decision-making to tackle global problems. He has also emphasized the need to allocate resources efficiently and effectively to address issues such as poverty, education, and health care.

Despite his controversial views, Lomborg has become a prominent figure in the field of environmental economics and policy-making. He continues to engage in research, writing, and speaking engagements around the world, focusing on finding pragmatic solutions to the world's most pressing challenges.

The main environmental challenge of the 21st century is pove

The main environmental challenge of the 21st century is poverty. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, it's hard to consider the environment 100 years down the line.

I think Al Gore has done a great service in making global wa

I think Al Gore has done a great service in making global warming cool. He's basically taken it from a nerdy, almost ignored issue to making it what it is - namely, a problem.

Cool

We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natur

We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastrophes. Yet this is mainly a consequence of CNN - we see many more, but the number is roughly constant, and we manage to deal much better with them over time. Globally, the death rate from catastrophes has dropped about fifty-fold over the past century.

Death

Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effecti

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.

Education

If we invest in researching and developing energy technology

If we invest in researching and developing energy technology, we'll do some real good in the long run, rather than just making ourselves feel good today. But climate change is not the only challenge of the 21st century, and for many other global problems we have low-cost, durable solutions.

Technology

I tentatively believe in a god. I was brought up in a fairly

I tentatively believe in a god. I was brought up in a fairly religious home. I think the world is compatible with reincarnation, karma, all that stuff.

Home

I'm no expert on American politics.

I'm no expert on American politics.

Politics

We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn'

We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn't stop us from wiping it away with a wet sponge. The Divine doesn't disappear; it's transformed into the clean surface.

I think it's great that we have organisations like Greenpeac

I think it's great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out all the problems that the Earth could encounter. But we need to understand that they are not presenting a full and rounded view.

Society