Cool It
1 October 2007
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Economic Theory
This contrarian book marks the passing of personal virtue and its replacement by political slogans
2 January 2007
Government and Institutions
The Skeptical environmentalists guide to global warming.
A groundbreaking book that transforms the debate about global warming by offering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental concerns.
Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of pounds, are often based on emotional rather than strictly scientific assumptions, and may very well have little impact on the world’s temperature for hundreds of years. Rather than starting with the most radical procedures, Lomborg argues that we should first focus our resources on more immediate concerns, such as fighting malaria and HIV/AIDS and assuring and maintaining a safe, fresh water supply – which can be addressed at a fraction of the cost and save millions of lives within our lifetime. He asks why the debate over climate change has stifled rational dialogue and killed meaningful dissent.
Bjorn Lomborg presents us with a second generation of thinking on global warming that believes panic is neither warranted nor a constructive place from which to deal with any of humanity’s problems.
2007, Published by Marshall Cavendish, ISBN 978-0 462 09912-5, 354pp, HB
See Also:
Climate Alarmism Reconsidered by Robert L Bradley Jr
Global Warming False Alarms by Russell Lewis
Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of pounds, are often based on emotional rather than strictly scientific assumptions, and may very well have little impact on the world’s temperature for hundreds of years. Rather than starting with the most radical procedures, Lomborg argues that we should first focus our resources on more immediate concerns, such as fighting malaria and HIV/AIDS and assuring and maintaining a safe, fresh water supply – which can be addressed at a fraction of the cost and save millions of lives within our lifetime. He asks why the debate over climate change has stifled rational dialogue and killed meaningful dissent.
Bjorn Lomborg presents us with a second generation of thinking on global warming that believes panic is neither warranted nor a constructive place from which to deal with any of humanity’s problems.
2007, Published by Marshall Cavendish, ISBN 978-0 462 09912-5, 354pp, HB
See Also:
Climate Alarmism Reconsidered by Robert L Bradley Jr
Global Warming False Alarms by Russell Lewis
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