Challenging the climate change narrative with Bjorn Lomborg

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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International Relations, Government, Foreign Policy, Gzero World, News Commentary, Trump, News, Global Economy, Geopolitics, Politics, Ian Bremmer

4.6 • 684 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer sits down with Danish author Bjorn Lomborg, a controversial figure in the world of climate change. Lomborg is unequivocal that climate change is a real problem and that humans are responsible for causing it. But where he differs from the global climate narrative is that the current focus on reducing carbon emissions is misguided and ineffective. Lomborg argues the world is too fixated on stopping climate change at the expense of… everything else. He worries billions are being spent on incremental climate mitigation when that money could be spent more effectively on things like education or maternal mortality. Bremmer challenges Lomborg on a range of issues, from the exponential advancements in renewable technology to the disproportional impact of climate disasters in poor countries. While the two don’t agree on everything, their conversation affirms that climate change is a complex issue that requires nuanced thinking and effective solutions to avoid worst-case scenarios for future generations.

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0:00.0	Global warming is a real problem, but it's not the end of the world.
0:03.6	And that's incredibly important because if global warming really was the end of the world,
0:07.9	then clearly we have no other issue that we should be focusing on.
0:11.9	I would argue that climate is a problem, not the end of the world.
0:17.2	Hello and welcome to the G0 World podcast.
0:20.4	This is where you'll find extended versions of my interviews on public television.
0:24.3	I'm Ian Bremmer, and today we're solving climate change.
0:27.5	Just kidding.
0:28.1	We are going to talk about the surprising amount of progress many countries have made
0:33.7	to decarbonize and hopefully prevent the worst from happening.
0:38.2	Don't get me wrong, the world is nowhere near where it needs to be to avert climate disaster,
0:43.4	but we're not totally doomed either.
0:46.2	And that's some of what I'm talking about with my guest today, the controversial climate
0:50.9	author, Bjorn Lomborg.
0:53.4	Lomborg rose to prominence in the early odds,
0:56.0	you may remember, as a climate skeptic.
0:58.2	But as you'll hear in our conversation,
1:00.5	he is unequivocal that human beings have caused climate change.
1:05.4	He's more skeptical, however, that things will turn out as badly
1:08.9	as many climate activists and experts fear.
1:11.6	He also worries the billions of dollars are being wasted on ineffective climate mitigation
1:16.6	rather than going to issues he considers more urgent, like global hunger and disease eradication.
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