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An "important" (Times UK) and "meticulously researched" (Forbes) book by a "skeptical environmentalist" argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than good Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take drastic action immediately to stop it. Children p...

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A groundbreaking book that transforms the debate about global warming by offering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental concernsBjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, are often based on emotional rather than strictly scientific assumptions, and may very well have little impact on the world's temperat...

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Ein Buch über die Klimapolitik, das den Klimawandel nicht leugnet, aber die Maßnahmen zu dessen Eindämmung kritisch hinterfragt. Hitzewellen, Dürren und Starkregen in Deutschland, Wirbelstürme, Waldbrände und schmelzende Gletscher im Rest der Welt. Die Reaktion von Politikern, Aktivisten und die Medien besteht in einer einzigen, gemeinsam vorgetragen und dramatisch zugespitzten Botschaft: Der Klimawandel zerstört den Planeten, und wir müssen ...

The New York Times-bestselling "skeptical environmentalist" argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than goodHurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take drastic action immediately to stop it. Children panic about their future, and adults wonder if...

With hurricanes battering coast lines, sea level rise threatening entire countries with extinction and wildfires raging across broad swaths of America and the planet, it is hardly surprising that countering global warming has become a top priority for the developing world. In ten years, we have gone from arguing about whether climate change is real to wagering on how soon it will actually extinguish planet Earth. David Wallace-Wells' book The ...

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High profile thought experiment asks leading scholars to make cases for spending additional aid money to combat major world problems.

A high profile thought experiment asks leading scholars to make cases for spending additional aid money to combat major world problems.

A selection of the world's leading economists discuss ten of the greatest challenges that have blighted human development since 1900.

Challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. Making use of the best available statistical information, Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental problems that feature prominently in global headline news. His arguments are presented in non-technical, accessible language and are carefully backed up by over 2500 footnotes allowing readers to check sources for themselves. The Skep...

Seit Jahrzehnten hören wir: "Die Menschen zerstören ihre Lebensgrundlagen!" "Der deutsche Wald stirbt!" "Wirtschaftswachstum ist umweltfeindlich!" Die Litanei ist allbekannt. Aber stimmt sie auch mit der Realität überein? "Nein!" lautet die klare Antwort von Bjørn Lomborg. Die Prognosen einer unaufhaltsamen Verschlechterung der menschlichen Lebensbedingungen beruhen zum nicht unerheblichen Teil auf selektiver oder schlicht falscher Nutzung von...

Thought-provoking contribution to the debate about how to respond to the threat of global warming. Presents authoritative economic analysis of the costs and benefits of a very wide range of policy options and invites readers to form their own conclusions about which ones make most sense.

A timely thought-provoking book, which examines the first-ever comparative cost-benefit analysis of responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and staggeringly expensive actions now being considered to meet the challenges of global warming ultimately will have little impact on the world's temperature. He suggests that rather than focusing on ineffective solutions that will cost us trillions of dollars over the coming decades, we should be looking for smarter, more cost-effective approaches (such as massively increasing our commitment to...

A selection of the world's leading economists discuss ten of the greatest challenges that have blighted human development since 1900, quantifying their costs in percent of GDP through to 2050. Rather than offering definitive answers, this innovative book encourages debate and will engage a wide readership.

A timely thought-provoking book, which examines the first-ever comparative cost-benefit analysis of responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems analyses the world's twenty-three biggest problems and possible solutions.

Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems analyses the world's twenty-three biggest problems and possible solutions.