Bjørn Lomborg

Presentation

Dr. Bjorn Lomborg and the Copenhagen Consensus Center researches the smartest solutions for the world''s biggest problems, advises policy-makers and philanthropists how to spend their money most effectively. 

Recently Bjørn has been working on reformulating targets for the World Development Goals by the UN, encompassed in his project entitled "The Smartest Targets for the World"

The Smartest Targets for the World

The UN, with its 2015-2030 process, is going to set the global goals for the next 15 years in 2015 September, following the success of the Millennium Development Goals. Since these could end up determining a large part of the period''s $2.5 trillion development aid, it is important we pick targets more effectively.

The Post-2015 Consensus is a project to determine which targets will deliver the most good per dollar spent. Dr. Lomborg''s team has commissioned in-depth research and cost-benefit analyses on 22 diverse topics of development, ranging from education to gender and energy. Sixty teams of internationally renowned economists, including several Nobel Laureates, are taking into account not just the economic, but also health, social and environmental benefits to the world.