If countries in Europe stick to current projections, they will postpone global warming by just days and waste billions: why not spend that on aid now?
May 17th, 2008The above headline contains the words of Mr. Skeptical Environmentalist himself, Bjorn Lumborg, writing in the UK Guardian: MONEY FOR NOTHING:
To put this in perspective, €2.5bn could double the number of hospitals in Denmark. And, if we really wanted to benefit the world, €2bn could halve the number of malaria infections, saving 850 million lives this century. People in the affected countries would live much better and become more productive, benefiting their children and grandchildren in 2100. The last €500m could fund an eight-fold increase in research and development aimed at improving CO2-efficient energy technologies, enabling everyone in the long run to reduce emissions much more dramatically, and at much lower cost.So, should we halve malaria while dramatically increasing the possibility of solving global warming in the medium term? Or should we make a pledge that does 2,000 times less good and barely alters the global climate?
It gets worse….
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May 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 am
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