In a shift that shocked many in the climate movement yesterday, infamous climate change denier Bjorn Lomborg, author of the book The Skeptical Environmentalist, has stated that he believes at least $100 billion a year should be spent to fight man-made climate change.
British newspaper The Guardian reports that in a new book to be released next month, Lomborg says that anthropogenic global warming is “undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today” and “a challenge humanity must confront.”
In his new book, Lomborg presents eight methods to stop climate change, including pouring money into researching and developing clean energy sources such as wind, wave, solar and nuclear power, and more work on climate engineering ideas such as “cloud whitening” to reflect the sun’s heat back into the outer atmosphere.
In a year when the world continues to be pummeled by outrageous extreme weather events due to climate change, Lomborg’s stunning flip flop can only further bolster the climate movement’s position. Let’s hope he truly believes what he’s saying– not just trying to sell more books. Then again, if supporting climate action does help him sell books, who knows which prominent denier will be next to join the good guys. Perhaps one of our favorite former Alaskan politicians, Sarah Palin and Lisa Murkowski? Stranger things have happened.
Read the original Guardian article here.
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