{"id":415808,"date":"2025-12-03T09:10:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=415808"},"modified":"2025-12-03T09:10:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:10:59","slug":"bjorn-lomborg-on-why-the-climate-panic-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=415808","title":{"rendered":"Bjorn Lomborg on why the climate panic is over"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"376\" data-attachment-id=\"415810\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=415810\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-03-090318.png?fit=1626%2C845&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1626,845\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screenshot 2025-12-03 090318\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-03-090318.png?fit=723%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-03-090318.png?resize=723%2C376&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bjorn Lomborg and Adam Carolla engaged in conversation for The Adam Carolla Show, with Lomborg prominently featured in the foreground.\" class=\"wp-image-415810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-03-090318.png?resize=1024%2C532&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-03-090318.png?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-03-090318.png?resize=768%2C399&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-03-090318.png?resize=1536%2C798&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-03-090318.png?resize=640%2C333&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-03-090318.png?resize=1200%2C624&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-03-090318.png?w=1626&amp;ssl=1 1626w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-03-090318.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2025\/12\/01\/bjorn-lomborg-on-why-the-climate-panic-is-over\/\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The world is rapidly dropping blind devotion to climate exaggeration and non-solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From&nbsp;<em>The<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheAdamCarollaShow1\"><em>Adam Carolla Show<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bjorn Lomborg is a Danish political scientist, author, and president of the Copenhagen Consensus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former Greenpeace member turned pragmatic environmentalist, he argues that fighting poverty and improving global well-being should take priority over extreme climate policies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His latest book,\u00a0<em>Best Things First<\/em>, continues his mission to make the world\u2019s resources work smarter\u2014not louder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow him on X: @BjornLomborg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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