The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world

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The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world

Title remainder

measuring the real state of the world

Statement of responsibility

Bjørn Lomborg

Creator

• Lomborg, Bjørn, 1965-

Subject

• Global environmental change
• Human ecology
• Pollution

Language

• eng
• dan
• eng

Summary

The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research institutes, Bjørn Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental problems that feature prominently in headline news across the world. 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. Concluding that there are more reasons for optimism than pessimism, Bjørn Lomborg stresses the need for clear-headed prioritisation of resources to tackle real, not imagined problems. The Skeptical Environmentalist offers readers a non-partisan stocktaking exercise that serves as a useful corrective to the more alarmist accounts favoured by campaign groups and the media.--

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• Verdens sande tilstand

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UkCbUP

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Literary form

non fiction

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dictionaries

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Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks