Copenhagen Consensus Center

The Copenhagen Consensus Center is a think tank founded in 2004 by Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg. Its defining methodology is cost-benefit analysis applied to global challenges: convening economists to rank interventions by return on investment per dollar spent. It consistently argues that some widely-funded priorities (e.g., aggressive near-term climate mitigation) are far less cost-effective than interventions like malnutrition prevention, malaria treatment, or clean water provision.

Introduced rigorous economic prioritization methodology to the global development and policy agenda; produced influential rankings of global challenges; provided intellectual ammunition for critics of mainstream climate policy.