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The '''Copenhagen Consensus''' is a flagship attempt by [[Bjorn Lomborg]]'s [[Environmental Assessment Institute]] to influence global priorities away from the current global consensus, including issues like Kyoto. It has been strongly criticised by NGOs such as Oxfam for drawing attention away from the existing consensus built up over several years and codified in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. It has also attracted criticism for an approach which tries to define development goals without involving any representatives from developing countryescountries.
Since the conference was first announced, five of the seven board members of the EAI have resigned: two for personal reasons, and three in protest at the conference, which they say goes far beyond the EAI's original remit by considering subjects such as financial instability, corrupt governance and infectious diseases. [http://www.cdfe.org/lomborg_cleared.htm], [http://www.cphpost.dk/get/73665.html]
Due to take place in May 2004, it will take the form of a meeting of a selection of economists, who will consider a set of "challenge papers" on subjects such as education and climate change, and prioritise economic solutions to these problems.
The panel of experts is entirely composed of conservative economists (many of them Nobel prize winners).
==Panel of Experts==
*[[Jagdish Bhagwati]]
