False Alarm - How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet (Paperback)

The New York Times-bestselling "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 panic about their future, and adults wonder if it is even ethical to bring new life into the world. Enough, argues bestselling author Bjorn Lomborg. Climate change is real, but it's not the apocalyptic threat that we've been told it is. Projections of Earth's imminent demise are based on bad science and even worse economics. In panic, world leaders have committed to wildly expensive but largely ineffective policies that hamper growth and crowd out more pressing investments in human capital, from immunization to education. False Alarm will convince you that everything you think about climate change is wrong -- and points the way toward making the world a vastly better, if slightly warmer, place for us all.

General

Imprint:	BasicBooks
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2021
Authors:	Bjorn Lomborg
Dimensions:	214 x 134 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-1-5416-4747-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General
LSN:	1-5416-4747-5
Barcode:	9781541647473

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ESSENTIAL READING ON A MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECT

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 | Review by: Johan V.

This is such a good read - and so relevant in today's world of climate fear mongering. The truth is spelt out in detail with the whole picture of what climate change really is and the ways in which we are meant to deal with it responsibly and with regard to all the consequences of whichever climate policy is adopted. It should be read by all responsible citizens and especially by those who are simply latching on to the media frenzy about this topic.

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Fri, 16 Sep 2022 | Review by: Jeremy C.

I wish every media outlet would read this book before they comment on what is happening! Good book worth every rand spent on it.

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