The Kyoto treaty has an estimated cost of between US$150 and $350 billion a year, starting in 2010. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes billion cost estimate
Wishful thinking is not sound public policy. Bjorn Lomborg policypublicsound Change image and share on social
The only thing that will really change global warming in the long run is if we radically increase the speed with which we get alternative technologies to deal with climate change. Bjorn Lomborg alternativechangeclimate Change image and share on social
When thinking about the future, it is fashionable to be pessimistic. Yet the evidence unequivocally belies such pessimism. Over the past centuries, humanity's lot has improved dramatically - in the developed world, where it is rather obvious, but also in the developing world, where life expectancy has more than doubled in the past 100 years. Bjorn Lomborg beliecenturydevelop share on social
It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour. Carol Bellamy childengageestimate Change image and share on social
Between 1939 and 1945 you produced weapons and war equipment valued at thirteen billion dollars, 70 per cent of which you shipped to your allies. The same process is going on today in Canada's much larger and growing industry. Arthur Hays Sulzberger allybillioncanada share on social
I want to tell mayors, county chiefs and heads of big companies: don't just chase GDP growth; don't chase the biggest profits at the expense of our children and grandchildren and at the cost of sacrificing our ecological environment. Chen Guangbiao bigchasechief share on social