Freddie Sayers meets Bjorn Lomborg.

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As the COP26 summit meets over the next couple of weeks in Glasgow, we can all expect to be bombarded with disaster scenarios, replete with stories about our species’ imminent demise. Over the last couple of days, we have had Boris Johnson warning that it is “one minute to midnight” and Prince Charles claiming that this is “literally our last chance saloon”. And of course, Greta Thunberg has already made a few appearances of her own, accusing politicians of “pretending to take our future seriously” and saying that COP26 will “lead us nowhere”.

Bjorn Lomborg takes a different view. His latest book, ‘False Alarm: how climate change panic costs us trillions, hurts the poor, and fails to fix the planet’ sets out his argument that, although climate change is a real problem and is mostly man-made, the panic and alarmism is counter-productive.

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0:00 - 01:41 - Introduction
01:41 - 06:36 - It is a problem, but it’s not the end of the world
06:36 - 09:26 - The positive impact of global warming
09:26 - 11:13 - Myth 1: small islands are doomed
11:13 - 15:21 - Myth 2: extreme weather is on the rise
15:21 - 18:30 - Myth 3: climate lockdowns are the solution
18:30 - 21:51 - Myth 4: electric cars will save us
21:51 - 23:50 - Myth 5: polar bears are dying out
23:50 - 27:29 - Myth 6: cutting out meat will save the planet
27:29 - 29:55 - Myth 7: increasing wildfires
29:55 - 40:07 - What’s the solution?
40:07 - 40:45 - Conclusion

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