Bjørn Lomborg

Ph.D., Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (1994).“1) About Bjorn Lomborg ,” lomborg.com . Archived May 28, 2025. Archive URL: Lomborg is listed as a ”Speaker ” by The Sweeney Agency, which defines itself as a “client-focused speakers bureau that puts the needs of the client first.”7) “About the Sweeney Agency ,” The Sweeney Agency . Archived May 9, 2025. Archive URL: . The Sweeney Agency describes Lomborg as an “Author and Speaker on the Environment and Climate Change,” noting that one of the topics Lomborg speaks about is “The Truth About Global Warming”:8) “Bjorn Lomborg ,” The Sweeney Agency . Archived July 18, 2024. Archive URL: “This thought-provoking talk is based on Dr. Lomborg’s bestselling book and film, Cool It. Here, Lomborg will demonstrate how we’re often told very one-sided and exaggerated claims about the environment and climate change, leading to unwarranted panic, instead of rationally assessing where and how we can do the most good. He argues that to tackle global warming we need smarter solutions focused on getting long-term solutions like cost-competitive renewables and that many of the impacts of global warming would be better addressed through adaptation.” TFSC describes itself as a “major forum for those wishing to deal directly with the methodology and practice of technological forecasting and future studies as planning tools as they interrelate social, environmental and technological factors.”9) “Technological Forecasting and Social Change ,” Elsevier. Archived November 16, 2020. Archive URL: Lomborg’s errors in his discussion of climate change have been documented by many sources, including a 2010 book published by Yale University Press titled The Lomborg Deception: Setting the Record Straight About Global Warming . However, in his book Smart Solutions to Climate Change , Lomborg argues that implementing any major carbon reduction policy would be too expensive, and that “drastic carbon cuts would be the poorest way to respond to global warming.”13) Howard Friel. “Bjørn Lomborg’s missing questions ,” The Guardian , August 30, 2010. Archived March 5, 2025 . Archive.is URL: On December 6, 2013 (three days after Lomborg wrote an op-ed for The New York Times Opinion page ), The Guardian released an article entitled, “Is Bjorn Lomborg right to say fossil fuels are what poor countries need? ”15) Graham Readfearn. ”Is Bjorn Lomborg right to say fossil fuels are what poor countries need? “ The Guardian , December 6, 2013. Archived November 21, 2014 . Archive.is URL: where Lomborg’s solution to climate change was to give the globe more access to cheap fossil fuels. This solution by Lomborg has developed into a term coined as “energy poverty.”16) Bjorn Lomborg. ”The Poor Need Cheap Fossil Fuels ,” The New York Times, The Opinion Pages , December 3, 2013. Archived March 3, 2025 . Archive.is URL: Lomborg has promoted the controversial idea of geoengineering as a means to address climate change.20) Mitchell Anderson. “Lomborg’s Robot Navy ,” DeSmog , August 10, 2009. In one instance, Lomborg envisioned a fleet of 1900 robotic ships that would patrol the ocean while releasing spouts of ocean water to reflect the sun’s rays in an attempt to reduce global warming.21) “Lomborg says armada could halt global warming ,” The Copenhagen Post Online , August 7, 2009. Archived August 11, 2010. Archive.is URL: In a Telegraph piece announcing the launch of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), Lomborg along with ARC co-founder Jordan B Peterson asserted that there was a need to “have an honest debate of costs and benefits” of climate action “to find the best solutions.”24) Jordan Peterson and Bjorn Lomborg. “Elite groupthink put the West on the path to despair – but there’s another way ,” The Telegraph , August 6, 2023. Archived August 6, 2023. Archive URL: They decry “the alarmist treatment of climate,” accuse climate campaign groups of “fear-mongering” which is “pushing us toward the w