False alarm : how climate change panic costs us trillions, hurts the poor, and fails to fix the planet / Bjorn Lomborg.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1541647467
- ISBN: 9781541647466
- Physical Description: vi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-292) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- Geo engineering : a backup plan -- Prosperity : the other climate policy we need -- Conclusion : how to make the world a better place. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison-Mayodan Public Library | 363.7387 L (Text) | 31554010663234 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Reidsville Library | 363.7387 L (Text) | 31554010663226 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
