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Business News > Mint Authors > Bjorn Lomborg

Bjorn Lomborg

ARTICLES BY BJORN LOMBORG

The West’s pledge of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 will cost hundreds of trillions of dollars and probably do little. (istockphoto)

Rethink climate action: Focus on tech innovation, not forced carbon compression

4 min read . 26 Nov 2025

While China added unprecedented solar and wind capacity last year, it also hit a 10-year high of new coal plant construction. (AP)

China’s green energy ‘revolution’ is powered by coal

4 min read . 11 Nov 2025

We will only fix climate change and make a transition once green energy truly becomes cheaper than fossil fuels.

Don’t deceive the poor world with an expensive green illusion

4 min read . 22 May 2025

Today, outdoor air pollution has declined dramatically in rich countries. (AFP)

The world must wind back climate sensationalism

4 min read . 25 Apr 2025

India should not repeat the mistakes made by Western countries by diving headlong into climate policies. (REUTERS)

Climate action: India mustn’t take the ruinous path other nations have taken

4 min read . 17 Mar 2025

Poor countries are especially hurt by the lie that green energy is cheap.

Green electricity costs a bundle

4 min read . 02 Jan 2025

Poverty kills nearly 10 million people annually through related problems such as infectious diseases and hunger. (Image: Pixabay)

Climate-change colonialism keeps poor countries impoverished

4 min read . 03 Dec 2024

Solar and wind only address a small part of a vast challenge.

The ‘transition’ to green energy isn’t reducing carbon emissions

4 min read . 24 Sept 2024

After years of misrepresentation, it finally became impossible to ignore the mountain of evidence showing that the global polar-bear population has increased substantially. (Image: Pixabay)

Polar bears, dead coral and other climate fictions

4 min read . 01 Aug 2024

A new study of the US scenario shows that to achieve 100% solar or wind electricity with sufficient backup, the US would need to be able to store almost three months’ worth of annual electricity.

Real costs: Why solar and wind energy are not market winners yet

4 min read . 25 Apr 2024

In less developed countries, solar and wind contribute just 9% to electricity with two-thirds coming from fossil fuels.

Climate action: Our energy transition need not follow preset pathways

5 min read . 21 Feb 2024

While climate change is a real challenge, the data don’t support confronting it ahead of poverty-related ills. (File Photo: Reuters)

Will the World Bank choose climate change over poverty?

4 min read . 07 Oct 2023

The time for an honest and open dialogue on climate is right now

4 min read . 20 Jun 2023

A priority order for our SDGs can prove effective and win followers

4 min read . 17 Nov 2022

Photo: Bloomberg

Sustainable Development Goals: How India and the world are doing

4 min read . 02 Oct 2022

Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

Improving state finances by reducing power losses

4 min read . 31 Jul 2018

Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Poverty: The direct approach isn’t always best

4 min read . 25 May 2018