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If Every Country Committed To Spending 0.05 Per Cent Of Gdp On Researching Non-carbon-emitting Energy Technologies, That Would Cost $25 Billion A Year, And It Would Do A Lot More Than Massive Carbon Cuts To Fight Warming And Save Lives.

-Bjorn Lomborg

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If Every Country Committed To Spending 0.05

Bjorn Lomborg

If Every Country Committed To Spending 0.05 Per Cent Of Gdp On Researching Non-carbon-emitting Energy Technologies, That Would Cost $25 Billion A Year, And It Would Do A Lot More Than Massive Carbon Cuts To Fight Warming And Save Lives.

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