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← Climate policy spending crowds out efforts to tackle poverty, disease, and hunger.
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Read this korrent: Climate policy spending crowds out efforts to tackle poverty, disease, and hunger.
Climate policy spending crowds out efforts to tackle poverty, disease, and hunger.
Last stated a year ago
31 Oct 2025
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Bjørn Lomborg — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Climate policy is expensive and has a low success rate in cutting emissions. — tap to centre the map on it
Climate policy is expensive and has a low success rate in cutting emissions.
Last stated 4 months ago
19 Jun 2026
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Bjørn Lomborg — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In this century, certain climate policies deliver less than 17 cents in benefits for every dollar spent. — tap to centre the map on it
In this century, certain climate policies deliver less than 17 cents in benefits for every dollar spent.
Last stated 9 months ago
4 Feb 2026
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Bjørn Lomborg — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The world's big development banks are funneling over $85 billion of their scarce funds into climate initiatives instead of health and education. — tap to centre the map on it
The world's big development banks are funneling over $85 billion of their scarce funds into climate initiatives instead of health and education.
Last stated 10 months ago
6 Jan 2026
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Bjørn Lomborg — holds since 2026-01-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The world is spending far too little on climate and will need a Space Race-scale effort to repair it. — tap to centre the map on it
The world is spending far too little on climate and will need a Space Race-scale effort to repair it.
Last stated a year ago
18 Jun 2025
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Andrew Hunter Murray — holds since 2025-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Climate policy cannot meaningfully reduce the number or intensity of extreme weather events within current or near-future lifetimes. — tap to centre the map on it
Climate policy cannot meaningfully reduce the number or intensity of extreme weather events within current or near-future lifetimes.
Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Roger Pielke Jr. — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Vast sums should not be spent to shave a sliver off warming when that is a poor use of resources — tap to centre the map on it
Vast sums should not be spent to shave a sliver off warming when that is a poor use of resources
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Bjørn Lomborg — holds since c. 2001 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The climate policy everyone has quietly assumed is that poorer countries stay poor, and that is the wrong answer. — tap to centre the map on it
The climate policy everyone has quietly assumed is that poorer countries stay poor, and that is the wrong answer.
Last stated 3 years ago
11 Oct 2023
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-10-11 — tap for who they are
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2017-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Implementing 12 specific policies would cost approximately $35 billion a year and save 4 million lives annually. — tap to centre the map on it
Implementing 12 specific policies would cost approximately $35 billion a year and save 4 million lives annually.
Last stated 10 months ago
6 Jan 2026
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Bjørn Lomborg — holds since 2026-01-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Carbon intensity" metrics let oil companies claim climate progress even as their total emissions rise from increased production. — tap to centre the map on it
"Carbon intensity" metrics let oil companies claim climate progress even as their total emissions rise from increased production.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Sept 2026
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Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A hybrid-electric airliner ends up heavier and more complex than the aircraft it replaces and delivers no fuel saving at all. — tap to centre the map on it
A hybrid-electric airliner ends up heavier and more complex than the aircraft it replaces and delivers no fuel saving at all.
Last stated 6 years ago
2 Apr 2021
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Bjorn Fehrm — holds since 2021-04-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Mars base is not a backup plan for climate change or nuclear war, because self-sufficiency there is centuries away. — tap to centre the map on it
A Mars base is not a backup plan for climate change or nuclear war, because self-sufficiency there is centuries away.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Dec 2024
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Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it
A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets.
Last stated 5 months ago
27 May 2026
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Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it
A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Emily Kramer — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A clear explanation alone does not usually make people understand a scientific idea. — tap to centre the map on it
A clear explanation alone does not usually make people understand a scientific idea.
Last stated 9 years ago
3 Dec 2017
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Alom Shaha — holds since 2017-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Energy essence personality" is as close as anyone can get to saying who or what Seth is — tap to centre the map on it
"Energy essence personality" is as close as anyone can get to saying who or what Seth is
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Jane Roberts — holds since c. 1963–1970 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. — tap to centre the map on it
"Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant.
Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status.
Last stated a month ago
1 Oct 2026
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Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are
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