The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

285. How to Make the World a Better Place | Bjørn Lomborg & Ralph Schoellhammer

Sep 5, 2022

Bjørn Lomborg, a Danish author and president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, teams up with Ralph Schoellhammer, a scholar and assistant professor at Webster Vienna, to tackle pressing global issues. They critique the focus on climate change at the cost of more immediate human needs and discuss the economic implications of environmental policies. Lomborg emphasizes prioritizing solutions that maximize benefits for the most people, while Schoellhammer highlights recent farmer protests as a reflection of societal unrest over government policies. Together, they advocate for a balanced approach to environmentalism and economic growth.

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Ralph Schoellhammer

Bjørn Lomborg

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Climate Change Is Not a Trivial Issue

00:42

Are We Going to See More Refugee Streams?

01:05

It's Darker Than That

00:47

Every Energy Source Has Risks

01:27

Intro

3min

Environmental Discourse and Energy Dependence

10min

Confronting Global Challenges

8min

Navigating Global Priorities

29min

Navigating Climate Change: Economic Perspectives and Public Resistance

5min

Wealth, Poverty, and Environmentalism

12min

Farming Protests and Social Unrest in Europe

22min

Reviving Infrastructure: Challenges and Paradoxes

17min

Rethinking Historical Guilt and Responsibility

6min

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Leftist politicians and the “intellectual elite” prioritize a vague plan for saving earth over the lives of struggling people all over the world. Governments are being forced to press their citizens, straining already fragile economic and agricultural systems, in order to appease a globalist utopian vision. Bjørn Lomborg and Ralph Schoellhammer sit down with Dr Jordan B Peterson to discuss the faults in this plan, and the people who are suffering because of it.

Bjørn Lomborg is a Danish author, having written numerous books on climate change such as “False Alarm,” “The Skeptical Environmentalist,” and “How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place.” He is the president of the think tank Copenhagen Consensus Center that focuses on doing the most good, for the most people, with increasingly limited budgets. Previously, Lomborg was the director of the Danish government's Environmental Assessment Institute.

Ralph Schoellhammer is a scholar and journalist operating in Europe who has diligently covered overlooked stories such as the Dutch Farmers Protest. He is also an assistant Professor of international relations at Webster Vienna Private University, and produces a podcast following political psychology and institutionalism called the Global Wire.

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For Lomborg

Website: https://www.lomborg.com/

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For Schoellhammer

Website: https://www.ralphschoellhammer.net/

Article: https://www.newsweek.com/popular-uprising-against-elites-has-gone-global-opinion-1722653

Article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-europe-hedges-its-support-for-ukraine-russia-crude-oil-lng-gas-imports-exports-kyiv-war-eu-membership-zelensky-putin-germany-france-poland-11653247453

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