Sadly I think the DM has just published another very poorly researched or reported article.
Most of the points have been answered by others.
Just out of interest I looked up the author bjorn-lomborg, and found this
Bjørn Lomborg Credentials Background Bjørn Lomborg is a political scientist, economist, and the founder and president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center (CCC). Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center (CCC) was founded in 2006 in Denmark and registered as a non-profit organization in the United...
www.desmog.com
"Lomborg is best known as the author of
The Skeptical Environmentalist and
Cool It, two books that downplay the risks of global warming. Lomborg does not have a background in climate science and has
published no peer-reviewed articles in journals devoted to climate change research. He has, however, authored
policy studies arguing against climate change prevention measures. He wrote a similar article in the peer-reviewed journal
Technological Forecasting and Social Change where he claimed, “Climate policies also have costs that often vastly outweigh their climate benefits.”"