Global Crises, Global Solutions

Copenhagen Consensus

Combating HIV/AIDS should be at the top of the world's priority list. That is the recommendation from the Copenhagen Consensus 2004 expert panel of world-leading economists.

About 28 million cases could be prevented by 2010. The cost would be $27 billion, with benefits almost forty times as high.

The results of Copenhagen Consensus 2004 are out - (the full list)

We are proud that the goal of Copenhagen Consensus has been achieved: a prioritized list of solutions to the world's great challenges.

The experts have used their knowledge and insight in a very positive and constructive way. It has been fantastic to witness their engagement in reaching concrete solutions.

Copenhagen Consensus has already started an important global debate on prioritizing resources. That debate will continue. I hope academics, politicians and citizens will each take part in this necessary discussion.

The Environmental Assessment Institute is grateful for the generous sponsors of Copenhagen Consensus: The Tuborg Foundation and the Carlsberg Bequest to the Memory of Brewer IC Jacobsen, the Ministry of the Environment, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, and The Economist.

The results of the Copenhagen Consensus Youth Forum, which shadowed the experts' panel, can be found here (Youth Forum results).

Problems and solutions will change over time, so we are looking forward already to Copenhagen Consensus 2008.

Environmental Assessment Institute