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‘If we stopped using fossil fuels today, billions would die’

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Bjorn Lomborg: 'If we stopped using fossil fuels today , billions would die' He says the belief that climate change is the most pressing issue of our time isn’t only ill-informed, it’s dangerous.

Lomborg on Net Zero, nuclear energy and why polar bears are not going extinct.

Getting people out of poverty is one of the best climate policies you can have, says Bjorn Lomborg .

Most people think we are seeing more climate disasters than ever, but that’s not true.

In the 1920s , on average, about half a million people died each year from natural disasters.

But in the past 10 years , that figure is around 10,000 roughly, a 98 per cent reduction in lives lost.

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