The Copenhagen Consensus

Published October 13, 2004

Projects aimed at tackling climate change should be axed in favour of more cost-effective priorities, and at the top of the list is the prevention of HIV/AIDS, according to influential Danish scientist Bjorn Lomborg.

International development experts, scientists and researchers, led by Mr. Lomborg as head of Denmark's Environmental Assessment Institute, gathered in Copenhagen in May 2004, to draw up...