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Bjorn Lomborg

Bjorn Lomborg

Articles by Bjorn Lomborg

SDGs are unlikely to be met. What comes next?

The beauty of the goals is that they forced the world to agree on what matters and on the measures of progress.

Updated on Jul 25, 2023 16:41 IST

Why India must expand its immunisation coverage

The NITI Aayog identified 100 programmes that support the targets, and asked India Consensus, a partnership between Tata Trusts and Copenhagen Consensus, to utilise its network of economists and experts to assess the costs and benefits

Updated on Jun 8, 2019 12:35 IST

Prioritise the prevention of domestic violence

The impact of domestic violence is vast, with costs for victims and society at large

Updated on Mar 24, 2019 03:27 IST

Why cancelling the LPG subsidy is a poor option

A worker arranges empty cooking gas cylinders at a depot in Kolkata. Since the LPG stove is about as costly as the connection, and the fuel several times costlier per year, almost two-thirds of all households given a connection will continue to use or soon revert to mostly using polluting wood.

Updated on May 31, 2018 02:28 IST

It’s impossible to meet all 169 SDG targets. Choose wisely

It may seem harmless to include a development target highlighting the need for “green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons, and persons with disabilities”. But at a time when 1.2 billion people live in abject poverty, 2.5 billion lack access to water and sanitation, and almost a billion people go to bed hungry, we need to ask if tree-filled parks for the elderly are the most urgent development priority

Updated on Oct 30, 2017 13:49 IST

Don’t link climate change to increasing costs of disasters

Schoolchildren wade past a waterlogged railway street in the rain in Mumbai, India, 2017

Updated on Sep 8, 2017 02:06 IST

Feeding infants well starts a virtuous circle

Malnourishment not only has physical effects but also leads to delays in developing cognitive skills. Stunted children do less well at school and this has knock-on consequences for the rest of their lives.

Updated on Dec 30, 2016 12:50 IST

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Updated on Dec 4, 2009 16:09 IST

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