One of the distinctive voices on the climate change debate is that of Bjorn Lomborg. In his latest book, False Alarm, Lomborg repeats what has been his most distinctive argument – that the climate change policies put forward today are incredibly bad value – spending a dollar for just eleven cents of climate benefit. He argues that, although climate change is a problem that should be addressed, the projected economic scenarios show our optimum response does not involve net zero by 2050, but instead a much more measured approach. Is he right? Let’s have a look.
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References
False Alarm, Bjorn Lomborg
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World Energy Outlook 2018
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Climate economics support for the UN climate targets, Hansel et al
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Is it too late (to stop dangerous climate change)? An editorial, Hulme 2020
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Projections and uncertainties about climate change in an era of minimal climate policies
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The appallingly bad neoclassical economics of climate change
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Why the Global Warming Skeptics Are Wrong, William Nordhaus
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The impact of climate change, and the cost of climate policies
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A closer examination of the fantastical numbers in Bjorn Lomborg’s new book
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