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Climate Change and Setting Priorities

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This 17-minute clip by Danish economist Bjorn Lomborg is about economic priority setting and major world issues. It acknowledges the problem of climate change and more than a dozen other problems facing the world. Lomborg says that not every problem can be solved, nor can every problem effectively be addressed simultaneously. Some projects make minimal improvement with large amounts invested. Seem projects make improvements nearly equivalent to their investment. Other projects give a return several times higher than the investment made. Which ones are which?

This presentation is too well-reasoned to garner an Oscar, but I say check it out anyway. Good stuff!

(HT: Acton Powerblog)

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5 responses to “Climate Change and Setting Priorities”

  1. will spotts Avatar
    will spotts

    “This presentation is entirely too well reasoned to garner an Oscar”
    That has to be one of the most depressing (yet unarguably true) statements I’ve heard … at least this week.

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  2. nate Avatar
    nate

    TED is pretty cool no?

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  3. Michael W. Kruse Avatar
    Michael W. Kruse

    Oh Yeah!

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  4. Dave Moody Avatar
    Dave Moody

    I love TED.
    And, this guy is spot on- prioritizng solutions. What would happen if GAC where to take this approach to its mandate?
    thanks for the link.

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  5. Michael W. Kruse Avatar
    Michael W. Kruse

    Actually, that is what the GAC is in the middle of doing. The GAC Mission Work plan was not simply a reogranization. The plan preceded our realization that there would be staff cuts. The eight objectives were intended to give boundaries to what we would focus on.
    The next steps are to create the process where we manage according to agreed upon outcomes between staff and GAC elected officials that get us to the objectives. This will entail a priority setting mechanism. Where we have been side-tracked for almost a year is the departure of the exec, all of the top staff and more than 20% of the staff. We have had to chill for a few months as the new staff leadership has come together and caught there breath.
    In short, this is where we are headed.

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