False alarm : how climate change panic costs us trillions, hurts the poor, and fails to fix the planet / Bjorn Lomborg.

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    • Publication Information:
      First edition.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: This book 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.
    • Content Notes:
      Why do we get climate change so wrong? -- Measuring the future -- A fuller story on climate change -- Extreme weather or extreme exaggeration? -- What is global warming going to cost us? -- You can't fix climate change -- Why the Green Revolution isn't here yet -- Why the Paris Agreement is failing -- Pick a path : which future is best? -- How climate policy hurts the poor -- Carbon tax : the market-based solution -- Innovation : what is needed most -- Adaptation : simple but effective -- Geoengineering : a backup plan -- Prosperity : the other climate policy we need -- Conclusion : how to make the world a better place.
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-292) and index.
      1 20 22
    • ISBN:
      1541647467
      9781541647466
    • Accession Number:
      1130688978
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.1102743