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A key claim in a column by the Danish thinktank head frustrates scientists who modelled reducing emissions

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What will it cost to get greenhouse gas emissions down to net zero by mid-century, and are people around the world prepared to pay it?

This was a question posed by the Danish thinktank head Bjorn Lomborg for a column in the Australian on Saturday.