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2:31:53Now PlayingBjorn Lomborg is a statistician and director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center. He is also the author of several books, among them "False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet," "The Skeptical Environmentalist," and "Cool It." www.lomborg.com
Young climate activists lack perspective and consume propaganda
Climate change is used to blame someone for every weather event
Media falsely attributes heart attacks to climate change
Germany wasted half trillion dollars on ineffective climate policy
Climate solutions require innovation, not taxation
Public unwilling to pay for net-zero climate policies
Majority of people wrongly believe civilization will end from climate change
Western countries export pollution to developing nations
Tuberculosis kills millions but receives no attention
Insufficient natural fertilizer to feed global population
Western nations restrict African energy development
Lead in gasoline reduced population IQ by 5 points
Coal power kills millions through air pollution
Billions cook with dirty fuels causing severe indoor pollution
Cold weather kills 170,000 Americans annually
Rising temperatures reduce cold deaths more than increase heat deaths
Fracking benefits outweigh environmental costs
Fracking reduced U.S. emissions more than any other country
U.S. emissions reductions would lower global temps by 0.3 degrees
Cannot determine climate change impact on hurricanes
U.S. hurricane landfalls slightly decreasing over time
Vegetarianism reduces emissions by only 2 percent
Organic farms emit same carbon as conventional farms
Net-zero transition costs 6 trillion annually
80 percent emissions reduction costs 5000 per person annually
Protecting Holland from sea level rise costs only 10 billion
Media exaggerates flood risks by ignoring adaptation
Realistic flood impact is 15000 people with manageable costs
Same hurricane kills fewer people due to development
Poverty, not climate, is primary threat to poor
Better preparation reduces hurricane deaths dramatically
Child malnutrition deaths declining despite climate change
Child malnutrition deaths reduced from 7 million to 3 million
Farmers choose between public and private seed options
India transformed from food importer to rice exporter
Green Revolution seeds tripled agricultural productivity
Agricultural modernization reduces farmer suicides
Algae-based oil could replace fossil fuels
Nuclear safer than coal despite Chernobyl
New nuclear plants cost 2-4 times more than planned
Catalytic converter solved Los Angeles air pollution
Increase green energy R&D spending to 100 billion
Innovation is key to solving climate change
Global green energy R&D spending is inadequate
Climate policies are slowing economic growth
Slower growth increases political conflict
Climate activists are well-intentioned but unrealistic
Tuberculosis could be eliminated for minimal cost
Adaptive learning tablets teach three years in one year
Free trade would dramatically increase global wealth
Contraception access increases productivity and growth
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