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 Copenhagen Consensus wins think tank award
The Copenhagen Consensus Center is the winner of Prospect Magazine’s 2016 Think Tank of the Year award in the “International Affairs” category for think tanks based in the US. The Center's work was commended by the judges as being “truly innovative and global in its scope. It combined issues of immense importance with an impressive record of engagement and persuasion.”
The award, received by founding president Bjorn Lomborg in London, honors Copenhagen Consensus for its landmark research and advocacy project establishing the costs and benefits of the United Nations’ post-Millennium Development Goal targets.
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Trump could be good for climate policies
Environmental campaigners have declared that Donald Trump's presidency will be a "disaster" for climate change. In an op-ed for Washington Post, Bjorn Lomborg argues that Trump dropping the Paris Climate Treaty is far from the world-ending event that some suggest. Instead, Trump's campaign promise of “developing energy sources and power production that alleviates the need for dependence on fossil fuels” offers hope that the new administration will concentrate on smart climate policies.
The article was also published in further top newspapers across the US, including Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Denver Post. Internationally, newspapers and magazines in countries such as Mexico (Milenio), Venezuela (El Universal), Denmark (Berlingske), Switzerland (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) and Italy (Formiche) also published Lomborg's commentary.
On BBC's current affairs show Daily Politics, Lomborg discussed the possible effects Trump's climate policies with the leader of Britain's Green Party, Jonathan Bartley.
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How to feed the world
Affordable, nutritious food is one of people’s top priorities everywhere, and one in nine people still do not get enough food to be healthy. Yet, the struggle against hunger is a battle that humanity could finally win. Copenhagen Consensus research shows that investing an extra $88 billion in agricultural R&D over the next 15 years could save 79 million people from hunger and prevent five million cases of child malnourishment. Achieving these targets would be worth nearly $3 trillion in social good, implying a return of $34 for every dollar spent.
Read Bjorn Lomborg's column for Project Syndicate in nine languages. It was published by newspapers around the world, including Shanghai Daily (China), El Tiempo (Colombia), La Nacion (Costa Rica), Times of Oman, The Daily Star (Lebanon), Arab News (Saudi Arabia), New Times (Rwanda), Hospodarske Noviny (Czech Republic) and Tema (Albania).
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Youth prioritizing smarter solutions for their country
As part of its Bangladesh Priorities project, Copenhagen Consensus is currently hosting youth forums to enable young people in Bangladeshi to present their views on the development priorities for their country. Forums are taking place throughout Bangladesh, reaching more than 500 young people. Multiple newspapers have written about the first forums in Dhaka and Chittagong, including Finance Today and Bangla Tribune (in Bangla).
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