Press Releases 2008 

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Controversial environmentalist named one of the 75 most influential in the 21st century.
September: In the October issue of the American magazine Esquire, Bjørn Lomborg is named as one of...

Lomborg i Mellemamerika (in Danish)
September: Forud for de næste to års bølge af nationale valg besluttede 5 Mellemamerikanske lande sig for at sætte...

Lomborgs Copenhagen Consensus og den amerikanske valgkamp (in Danish)
September, 2008: Den indflydelsesrige amerikanske avis The Wall Street Journal har de seneste 4 uger lagt sider til...

Results of the Copenhagen Consensus 2008
May: The world's best investment: Vitamins for undernourished children, according to top economists, including 5 Nobel Laureates.

Final results of the Copenhagen Consensus 2008 Youth Forum
May: According to the next generation of global decision makers, the fight against hunger is top priority.

Det endelige result fra Copenhagen Consensus 2008 Ungdomspanel (Danish version)
May: Hvis det stod til verdens næste generation af globale beslutningstagere ville kampen mod sult få absolut top-prioritet.

New papers on Education, Water & Sanitation, and Air Pollution for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
May: New research highlights the best ways to tackle three of the planet's biggest challenges, ahead of the Copenhagen Consensus 2008 project.

New paper on Global Warming for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
May: Battling global warming will be a poor investment if the world focuses exclusively on cutting greenhouse gas emissions... 

New paper on Diseases for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
May: Focusing on getting cheap health interventions to the Third World holds economic benefits of more than $30 billion...

New paper on Conflicts for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
April: Want to safeguard vulnerable nations from outbursts of violence? Create a standing military force to intervene in hotspots...

New paper on the living conditions of women for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
April: Fix gender inequality by paying mothers to send their girls to school and get an astonishing $156 billion back...

New paper on ways to fight hunger and malnutrition for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
April: Want to ease the consequences of the global food crisis on the world's hungry? For only $347 million a year 80% of the world's hungry can get...

New paper on barriers to trade and migration for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
March: Implement DOHA and get $3000 billion a year in return. Increase global migration and get an additional $39 trillion over 25 years in return...

New paper on terrorism for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
March: Current spending on counter-terrorism is ineffective, according to new study commissioned by Danish think-tank, the Copenhagen Consensus Center

Press release: Copenhagen Consensus 2008 (only in Danish)
Januar: Over 5 internationalt anerkendte økonomer, heriblandt fire nobelprismodtagere i økonomi...