# @BjornLomborg: Bjørn Lomborg Topic: [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate|Climate Change Science and Policy Debate]] · [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Chronological List|Chronological List]] · [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Topical List|Topical List]] · [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Books/Books Overview|Books]] · [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/People/People|People]] · Topic People note: [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/People/Bjørn Lomborg|Bjørn Lomborg]] > **Author archive.** This folder is for an author whose books [[marshallpittman]] owns and has read. A weekday routine (`bjorn-lomborg-daily-x-check`, from Mon Oct 26, 2026) adds new posts, backfills ~25 older posts per run, fact-checks up to 5, and writes one book note per run. Cursor and progress are in `state.json` on the research box. ## Identity - **X bio (verbatim):** "Author of 'Best Things First', 'False Alarm', and 'Skeptical Environmentalist', President Copenhagen Consensus: smart solutions through economic prioritization" - **Location:** Malmö, Sweden (X profile) · **Website:** lomborg.com · **Joined:** Dec 10, 2009 · **Pinned:** [Dec 2, 2023: "Best Things First just named one of 2023 Best Books…"](https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/1730970377944203507) (394,609 views). - **Who he is** (Wikipedia, checked Oct 24, 2026): - Danish political scientist; PhD, University of Copenhagen (1994), with a thesis on the iterated prisoner's dilemma. - Statistics lecturer at Aarhus University (1994–2005); adjunct professor at Copenhagen Business School from 2005. - Director of Denmark's Environmental Assessment Institute (2002 to June 22, 2004). - President of the **Copenhagen Consensus Center**, which ranks policies by benefit per dollar, often with panels of Nobel-laureate economists. - Visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution (as of 2020 ⚠️; current status not checked). - Named to *Time*'s 100 most influential people in 2004. - **Position in the climate debate:** he accepts human-caused warming. His argument is that its costs are moderate and many climate policies cost more than they deliver, so money should go first to higher-return priorities (health, nutrition, trade, R&D). That puts him on the **policy/economics** side of the climate hub, not the physics-denial side ([[Users/@PeterDClack/PeterDClack-x-profile|@PeterDClack]]). Wikipedia's lead nevertheless calls him a "climate change sceptic". ## Third-party assessments - **Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (DCSD), 2003.** The committee found *The Skeptical Environmentalist* "objectively dishonest"; Denmark's science ministry later annulled that ruling as poorly argued. Wikipedia quotes a 2008 evaluation: "one couldn't prove that Lomborg had deliberately been scientifically dishonest, although he had broken the rules of scientific practice…" ⚠️ (the 2003 wording and the annulment are summarized from memory and Wikipedia; primary documents not opened). - **Scientific American (2002)** ran a set of critical reviews of *The Skeptical Environmentalist*, and Lomborg replied ⚠️ (from memory; not opened this session). - **Joseph Stiglitz** reviewed *False Alarm* critically in *The New York Times* (Jul 16, 2020), per Wikipedia ⚠️ (review not opened). - **Politiken (Jan 2026)** reported that Epstein's records show a 2012 scheduled meeting with Lomborg. His manager said it concerned philanthropic funding and that Lomborg did not know of Epstein's conviction (per Wikipedia ⚠️; Politiken article not opened). This is listed for completeness. No wrongdoing is alleged in the summary seen. ## Stats (X API, Oct 24, 2026, morning CT) | Followers | Following | Posts (lifetime) | Listed | Likes given | Media | |---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:| | 269,419 | 149 | 18,112 | 2,558 | 16,939 | 6,341 | Not verified on X. In the sample, standalone posts and quotes (26) drew a median of 572 likes and 13,915 views. ## Top posts in the sample (by likes) | Date (CT) | Post | Likes / views | Note | |---|---|---:|---| | Oct 22, 2026 | ["Denmark spent decades building nearly 5,000 wind turbines Together, they produced 21.6 TWh in the last 12 mont…"](https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/2113328094161371589) | 8,067 / 253,216 | [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - BjornLomborg on Danish Wind vs One Swedish Nuclear Plant (2026-10-22)\|analysis]]: 🟢/🟡 Mostly accurate | | Oct 20, 2026 | ["Cold-hearted 🖤 Copenhagen pushes elderly in retirement homes to eat little meat to cut CO₂ Can they please get…"](https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/2112480987523289560) | 5,807 / 201,044 | Theme T3 | | Oct 19, 2026 | ["Heartbreaking 💔 Copenhagen climate politicians push elderly in retirement homes onto minimal meat to cut CO₂ B…"](https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/2112110817659277399) | 3,628 / 167,854 | Theme T3 | | Oct 10, 2026 | ["Pure fantasy: Germany’s promise to be free of fossil fuels by 2045 is free of reality"](https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/2108886562893127680) | 2,118 / 37,729 | Theme T2 | | Oct 22, 2026 | ["10 years ago, you were constantly told Great Barrier Reef was essentially dead Wrong at the time Today, specta…"](https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/2113226406616355034) | 1,921 / 22,518 | [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - BjornLomborg on Great Barrier Reef Coral Cover (2026-10-22)\|analysis]]: 🟡 Partly true | | Oct 18, 2026 | ["This European politician spent most of his political career making energy in the EU among the costliest in the…"](https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/2111770228644581662) | 1,842 / 39,429 | Theme T2 | | Oct 12, 2026 | ["Is more recycling always better? A Japanese study estimated the socially optimal rate—including environmental…"](https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/2109609056293855484) | 1,665 / 27,035 | Theme T6 | | Oct 9, 2026 | ["The world runs on fossil fuels; renewables are mostly not what you think: 80.5% of all global energy (not just…"](https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/2108522928404840518) | 1,372 / 36,997 | [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - BjornLomborg on Fossil Fuels at 80.5 Percent of Global Energy (2026-10-09)\|analysis]]: ✅ Accurate under IEA accounting (his chart sums correctly and matches IEA TES 2024 shares | ## What he posts about From the [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Topical List|Topical List]] (74 items, Oct 8–24, 2026): 1. **Wildfire and burned area** (39). Record-low 2026 global burn (NASA MODIS MCD64A1, GWIS, CAMS); per-continent and per-landcover threads; "alarmists" framing; drought-map critique. 2. **Energy, electricity prices and net zero** (11). Denmark wind vs Swedish nuclear, Danish and UK power prices, IEA fossil share, Germany 2045, battery storage, China advantage, EU energy costs, US vs EU gas prices. 3. **Cost of climate policy (Denmark, Copenhagen, India)** (4). Copenhagen elderly-home meat limits, Danish climate-target costs (B.T./CEPOS), India carbon-neutrality cost op-ed. 4. **Hurricanes and extreme weather** (3). US landfalling hurricanes, 2026 Atlantic ACE vs an NPR intensity story. 5. **Coral reefs** (1). Great Barrier Reef coral cover from AIMS data. 6. **Recycling** (5). WSJ op-ed on recycling costs; Japanese optimal-rate study; Denmark's 10 trash categories. 7. **Development priorities (Best Things First)** (6). Trade, tobacco taxes, food and child hunger, schooling evidence, poverty data, development finance. 8. **Talks and events** (3). Oxford talk (Nigel Biggar), Oakeshott Lectures 2026. 9. **Other** (2). Replies on unrelated news (Navi Pillay story, YouGov Ukraine poll). **Style.** - **Chart-led posts.** Short punchy lines ("Pure fantasy:", "Heartbreaking 💔", "Climate alarmists🤡") over a self-made chart, with the data sources printed in a footnote. - **Re-running his own posts.** He re-runs posts by quoting his earlier versions: 11 of 12 quotes in the sample quote his own posts, for example the IEA chart first posted Sep 24. - **Long threads.** Some threads repeat whole posts, e.g. the Oct 22 fire thread re-posts Oct 8 text. - **Language.** He posts in English. Danish material is mostly reposts (B.T. / CEPOS on Danish climate-target costs) and Copenhagen local politics. - **Replies.** Rare and short; mostly links. **Danish-language items in the sample** (verbatim + translation): - Repost of [@EmilieJger2, Oct 6](https://x.com/EmilieJger2/status/2107532755428929883): "Regeringen kalder sig »den grønneste nogensinde« og skruer Danmarks klimamål endnu højere op i et nyt klimaprogram. Men én afgørende detalje glimrer totalt ved sit fravær: Prisen. Ifølge B.T.s klimaekspert, @BjornLomborg , og @CEPOS putter regeringen med en potentiel gigantregning for de danske skatteydere." - Translation: "The government calls itself 'the greenest ever' and turns Denmark's climate targets even higher in a new climate programme. But one crucial detail is conspicuously absent: the price. According to B.T.'s climate expert, @BjornLomborg, and @CEPOS, the government is hiding a potentially gigantic bill for Danish taxpayers." - Quoted [@dkpolmemes2, May 22, 2020](https://x.com/dkpolmemes2/status/1263777493191987200): "Manden bag verdens mest ambitiøse klimalov, virker ikke til at være vanvittigt godt inde i stoffet. #gigabyte #dkpol" - Translation: "The man behind the world's most ambitious climate law doesn't seem to be terribly well versed in the subject." - Lomborg's own text: "the minister, now EU commissioner… confused gigawatts of wind turbines with gigabytes". The minister is presumably Dan Jørgensen, Danish climate minister 2019–22 and EU energy commissioner since Dec 2024. Lomborg does not name him ⚠️. - [Reply to @SociologenHD, Oct 10](https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/2109004925552198109): a link-only reply to a Berlingske article. Its URL slug reads "per-stig-moeller-er-rystet-over-valget-af-fredsprismodtager…hun-hjalp-ikke-danmark" ("Per Stig Møller is shaken by the choice of Peace Prize recipient: she didn't help Denmark") ⚠️ (translated from the slug only). ## Fact-check scorecard (this project) | Post | Verdict | |---|---| | [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - BjornLomborg on Danish Wind vs One Swedish Nuclear Plant (2026-10-22)\|Oct 22: Danish Wind vs One Swedish Nuclear Plant]] | 🟢/🟡 Mostly accurate | | [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - BjornLomborg on Great Barrier Reef Coral Cover (2026-10-22)\|Oct 22: Great Barrier Reef Coral Cover]] | 🟡 Partly true | | [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - BjornLomborg on Declining US Landfalling Hurricanes (2026-10-14)\|Oct 14: Declining US Landfalling Hurricanes]] | 🟡 Overstated | | [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - BjornLomborg on Record-Low Global Fire in 2026 (2026-10-13)\|Oct 13: Record-Low Global Fire in 2026]] | 🟢/🟡 Largely supported for global totals (CAMS | | [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - BjornLomborg on Fossil Fuels at 80.5 Percent of Global Energy (2026-10-09)\|Oct 9: Fossil Fuels at 80.5 Percent of Global Energy]] | ✅ Accurate under IEA accounting (his chart sums correctly and matches IEA TES 2024 shares | **Pattern.** His numbers are usually right and transparently sourced, which sets him apart from [[Users/@PeterDClack/PeterDClack-x-profile|@PeterDClack]]. Where he slips, it's in framing: - choosing the accounting method (IEA's physical-content method) - calling a non-significant slope a decline (hurricanes) - leaving out volatility (reef) - treating a land-use-driven global fire decline as a reply to regional climate attribution ## Interactions with @marshallpittman - **None found.** On Oct 24, 2026, an X full-archive search for `(from:marshallpittman @BjornLomborg) OR (from:BjornLomborg @marshallpittman) OR (from:marshallpittman lomborg)` returned 0 results. The 74-item sample also contains no mentions of [[marshallpittman]]. - The daily routine re-checks this. ## Cross-links - [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate|Climate Change Science and Policy Debate]]: he is the hub's policy/economics author; the hub's People table and Related topics now point here. See [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/Related Trends|Related Trends]] #7, "Policy-cost debate (the Lomborg lane)". - [[Users/@PeterDClack/PeterDClack-x-profile|@PeterDClack]]: both post about Danish wind and China's clean-tech advantage. Clack disputes the physics; Lomborg disputes the costs. Compare [[Users/@PeterDClack/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - PeterDClack on Wind Farm Decline (2026-09-23)|Clack on wind-farm decline]] with [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - BjornLomborg on Danish Wind vs One Swedish Nuclear Plant (2026-10-22)|Lomborg on Danish wind vs Forsmark]]. - [[Authors/@Kristof_Poland/Kristof_Poland-x-profile|@Kristof_Poland]] quoted the Danish-wind post on Oct 23 ([post](https://x.com/Kristof_Poland/status/2113522330387320859)): "Counting terawatt-hours is the classic communist mistake: measuring quantity instead of value." This is how [[Topics/Religion, Trust and Civilization/Religion, Trust and Civilization|Religion, Trust and Civilization]] connects to Lomborg. - People already in the hub who matter for his arguments: [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/People/Roger Pielke Jr|Roger Pielke Jr]] (hurricane landfall data, RCP8.5 critique), [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/People/Zeke Hausfather|Zeke Hausfather]] and [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/People/Glen Peters|Glen Peters]] (scenario plausibility). ## Gaps - The sample covers only Oct 8–24, 2026 (74 of 18,112 posts). The backfill starts Oct 26. - Some long posts came back cut at ~280 characters; the five analyzed posts were re-fetched in full. - Third-party assessments rely on Wikipedia summaries; the primary DCSD, Scientific American and NYT texts were not opened ⚠️. - The Danish original of *The Skeptical Environmentalist* (*Verdens sande tilstand*, 1998) is from memory ⚠️.