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Reprioritizing Global Challenges

Adam Elenbaas

 

The Copenhagen Consensus Center was founded in late 2002 by Bjorn Lomborg, the former director of the Danish Evironmental Assessment Institute. In 2003 the idea for the Copenhagen Consensus Conference was developed, and in 2004 the conference took place in Denmark with eight of the planet's foremost economists, four nobel laureates included, and thirty specialists from ten different "problem areas."

The CCC's mission is simple. Efforts need to be prioritized. And too often policymakers are swayed by corporate interests or the media, instead of facts and evidence. The CCC aims to change this by priotizing efforts through producing/presenting solid, factual research.

The most recent conference, Copenhagen Consensus 2008, took place this past May in Denmark. Topics included: health, disease, global warming, biofortification, air pollution, education, trade, malnutrition, and more.

But the way to handle our largest problems means smart prioritizing. The research was surprising. For example. After number crunching at CC 2008 the panelists suggested that zinc distribution, education, and preventing heart attacks might make more immediate sense on a global scale than anything else.

For more on the fascinating research, check out some of the CC 2008 coverage.

 

 

7-2-08

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Submitted by Sean B on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 12:06.
It's an interesting initiative, and an important one, but I think they're missing a problem that outweighs all of the ones they've presented - consciousness. How can human consciousness be addressed? Because as I see it, and many others as well, the operating system of our collective consciousness is seriously flawed, and has been for some time. The external is a reflection of the internal.