Sceptic (Bjorn Lomborg) switches tack—“It’s incredibly important. We need a global deal on…climate”

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5ebdb666-82a5-11de-ab4a-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=728a07a0-53bc-11db-8a2a-0000779e2340.html?nclick_check=1

Sceptic switches tack

By Fiona Harvey in London

Published: August 7 2009 00:00 | Last updated: August 7 2009 00:00

Bjorn Lomborg, an influential figure among climate change sceptics, has thrown his weight behind a drive to forge a global deal to halt rising world temperatures at a summit in Copenhagen this year.

“It’s incredibly important. We need a global deal on the climate,” Mr Lomborg told the Financial Times.

The comments – from the author of the 2001 book The Sceptical Environmentalist and a 2007 follow-up saying climate change was less important than other world problems – are likely to be greeted with dismay by climate change sceptics who have seen him as an ally on the public stage.

“If that disappoints some people who are sceptics, I am not the least bit unhappy. I hope to have more people enthused (in thinking about how to tackle climate change),” he said.

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[Dead_Parrot]

1. Bjørn again environmentalist?

Fuck off, Lomborg.

[SpiralHawk]

2. Holy Cow

Maybe there's hope for other Global Know Nothing Party members...

[timeforpeace]

3. He's after getting the exempted big polluters like China and India on board this time around.

Sorta makes sense, huh?

[OKIsItJustMe]

4. He's probably in favor of getting the US of A on board this time around too

God knows that makes sense. (Huh?)

Honestly, the attitude of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism">American exceptionalism toward the Kyoto protocol got old several years ago.

Why was it that practically the entire rest of the "developed" world was willing to "exempt" China and India, yet certain groups in our country were not?

Could it be that they were just looking for an excuse for us to unilaterally exempt ourselves? Could it be that we wanted to give ourselves a "pass" as the #1 producer of GHG's? No, it couldn't be that… :sarcasm:

[hatrack]

5. Maybe the books aren't selling as he'd hoped, and he'd like to salvage what's left of his reputation

Too late, asshole!