The skeptical environmentalist by bjorn lomborg

Non-fiction book by Bjørn Lomborg

The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World (Danish: Verdens sande tilstand, lit. 'The True State of the World') is a book by Danish author and statistician Bjørn Lomborg which focuses on the author's view of environmental economics and issues.

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It was first published in Danish in 1998 by Centrum, and in English by Cambridge University Press in 2001.

Lomborg was inspired by an interview with economist Julian Lincoln Simon to undertake an assessment of publicly available data, and published his findings as a series of articles in Politiken. These formed the basis of the book, in which Lomborg argues against a range of what he considers overly pessimistic claims about environmental issues and their impact on human prosperity.

Lomborg argues that environmentalists' concerns over pollution, environmental degradation, decline in natural resources, and climate change are The Skeptical Environmentalist - Lomborg LUN