Bolton v Gore.

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  • Source:
    Economist. 6/24/2006, Vol. 379 Issue 8483, p38-38. 3/5p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      BOLTON, John R., 1948-; LOMBORG, Bjorn, 1965-; INTERNATIONAL organization; UNITED Nations; POVERTY; WORLD health; MALNUTRITION; ENVIRONMENTAL protection
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on John Bolton, America's ambassador to the United Nations, who called Danish environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg's "Copenhagen Consensus" a useful way for the world body to get its priorities straight. Two years ago Lomborg persuaded a group of economists to draw up a list of priorities. They found that efforts to fight malnutrition and disease would save many lives at modest expense, whereas fighting global warming would cost a vast amount. Bolton met with UN diplomats from seven other countries to rank 40 ways of tackling ten global crises. Problems addressed were climate change, communicable diseases, war, education, financial instability, governance, malnutrition, migration, clean water and trade barriers. Their conclusions were strikingly similar to the Copenhagen Consensus.