Bjorn Lomborg

By Virginia Winkler

A Skeptical Environmentalist

Background Professor at Copenhagen Business

School Director at the Copenhagen Consensus

Center Has written numerous articles and The

Skeptical Environmentalist Voted worlds 14th “most influential

intellectual” and “one of the 50 peoplewho could save the planet.

Climate Change(from The Skeptical Environmentalist)

Lomborg says that climate change is not asbad as scientists are saying

Climate change will save lives because 1.8million people will not die from the cold

Kyoto Protocol is a waste of money

Spending Money(from The Skeptical Environmentalist)

Adapt to climate change now and later try toreduce carbon emissions

Spend money on things like mosquito nets,adapting agriculturally, building levees

In the long-term, spend money on researchfor greater energy efficiency

Controversy with The SkepticalEnvironmentalist

“clearly contrary to the standards of good scientificpractice.”

“of fabricating data, selectively and surreptitiouslydiscarding unwanted results, of the deliberately misleadinguse of statistical methods, consciously distortedinterpretation of the conclusions, plagiarism of others'results or publications, and deliberate misrepresentation ofothers' results.”

“Objectively speaking, the publication of the work underconsideration is deemed to fall within the concept ofscientific dishonesty.”

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