They’re not as obnoxious as the “In This House We Believe” yard signs, nor as common, but if in the right neighborhood, it’s not hard to find “Climate Action Now” signs. [some emphasis, links added]
The virtue signalers want the universe to know they are concerned that not enough is being done to keep Earth from baking. So who wants to tell them?
We do.
The volume of laws, rules, and regulations that have been passed and issued across the world to take “climate action” is probably innumerable.
But we do have a good fix on how much has been spent.
According to Danish researcher and author Bjørn Lomborg, more than $16 trillion has been shelled out for the global green transition.
Climate campaigners tell you green is cheap
It isn’t
Global green transition cost is now $16+ trillion, rising with over $2 trillion/year (2% of global GDP)
113x our spending to avoid hunger
Still, fossil CO₂ emissions set another record last yearhttps://t.co/ypTLqfQ2Hq… pic.twitter.com/xHqj9eFUXi
— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) February 10, 2026
Using data from a Bloomberg report published last month, Lomborg points out that from 2004 to 2025, “the world has spent at least $16 trillion on green,” a sum that’s 113 times greater than “what we spent on avoiding hunger through the World Food Program” and is rising by more than $2 trillion year, 2% of global GDP.
Despite all the spending, “fossil CO2 emissions set another record last year.”
What a grift.
Our friends at Unleash Prosperity (UP) wonder if it’s “the greatest financial scandal in human history,” and there’s good reason to believe it is.
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