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Global Problems, Smart Solutions | Bjorn Lomborg | Oxford Union
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13:44Now PlayingBjorn Lomborg introduces his talk on Global Problems, Smart Solutions.
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Bjorn Lomborg highlights how $75 billion dollars can be spent to make the world a better place. Economy's collapse, civil wars happen and 10 million people die from curable diseases each year. All these things can be avoided by spending money in the right way.
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ABOUT BJORN LOMBORG:
Dr Bjorn Lomborg is the author of best-selling and controversial book 'The Skeptical Environmentalist', and is considered to be one of the most prominent intellectual commentators on climate change. He caused a storm in the scientific community by claiming that the current consensus on how to deal with environmental concerns is largely mistaken.
Arguing that "global warming is by no means our main environmental threat", Dr Lomborg has previously campaigned against the Kyoto Protocol and other measures to cut carbon emissions in the short-term, instead arguing for adaptation to short-term temperature rises as they are inevitable, and for spending money on research and development for longer-term environmental solutions, and on other important world problems such as AIDS, malaria and malnutrition.
ABOUT THE OXFORD UNION SOCIETY:
The Union is the world's most prestigious debating society, with an unparalleled reputation for bringing international guests and speakers to Oxford. It has been established for 190 years, aiming to promote debate and discussion not just in Oxford University, but across the globe.
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