books by Bjorn Lomborg

books by Bjorn Lomborg

books:

Bjorn Lomborg

Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming

Bjørn Lomborg

Knopf, 2007

Excellent Book
This book is very well thought out and documented. I totally enjoyed it...especially the fact that global warming will actually result in a net saving of lives rather than loss. Also, I enjoyed the practical economic solutions such as not encouraging building near ...

How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place

Cambridge University Press, 2006

A lot of food for thought about priorities and values...
This book may have a catchy title but it deals with many serious problems. It is an abridged edition of "Global Crises, Global Solutions," a work which brought together recommendations of the Copenhagen Consensus. The 2004 Copenhagen Consensus was an international ...

Cool It ; The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming
Bjorn Lomborg

Knopf, 2007

The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World

Bjorn Lomborg

Cambridge University Press, 2001

An Intellectually Honest Look at Environmental Impact
This is a comprehensive and technically precise investigation into many claims of human impact on the environment. The author heavily documents his sources, which allows them to be conveniently cross-referenced for more academically-minded readers. The massive number ...

Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems: Costs and Benefits

Cambridge University Press, 2007

The world has many pressing problems. Thanks to the efforts of governments, NGOs, and individual activists there is no shortage of ideas for resolving them. However, even if all governments were willing to spend more money on solving the problems, we cannot do it all at once. We have to prioritize; and in order to do this we need a better sense of ...

Global Crises, Global Solutions

Cambridge University Press, 2004

Global Crises, Global Solutions
I enjoyed Bjorn Lomborg's latest work as a thought provoking alternative to conventional wisdom on different aspects of globalisation. Unfortunately, much of the scientific and political community have become prisoners to theories which have dubious merit. They are ...

Fragile Earth: Views of a Changing World (Collins)

Collins with contributors, Mark Lynas, ...

Collins, 2006

Glimpses of the neighbourhood
Anybody left harbouring doubts about the reality of climate change will be relieved of them by this book. The images of how glaciers are disappearing, the sea rising to threaten coastal communities or the ravages of intense storms are a jarring sight. The Collins ...