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everywhere in the world and, second, that these costs can be reasonably estimated using one or two well-designed impact assessments from particular times and places.
Bjorn Lomborg • Prioritizing Development: A Cost Benefit Analysis of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
and do not seem to be discounted into net present value (NPV)
Bjørn Lomborg • Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits
As for the media, pointing to hurricanes as an example of the ravages of human-caused climate change is at best unconvincing, and at worst plainly dishonest.
Steven E. Koonin • Unsettled
consider the revolutionary findings of Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist Andrew McAfee in his 2019 book, More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources—and What Happens Next.
Marian L. Tupy • Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet
an alteration of ocean circulation patterns
Bjørn Lomborg • Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits
A commonly used climate-economy model indicates the break-even year (when the optimal policy would begin to produce net economic benefit) for mitigation efforts launched in the early 2020s would be only around 2080. Should average global life expectancy (about 72 years in 2020) remain the same, then the generation born near the middle of the 21st
... See moreVaclav Smil • How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
10% loss of the monsoon-dependent production might add $4.5 billion to $9 billion to
Bjørn Lomborg • Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits
In the case of the 2°C limiting scenario, carbon prices fall by more than 50% when forestry is included in the global control strategy. A reduction in carbon prices by such a large amount would have enormous benefits for society by directly reducing compliance costs, and freeing resources for other productive investments.
Bjørn Lomborg • Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits
Climate scientists warn Nordic ministers of changing Atlantic Ocean current
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