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

Lomborg, Bjorn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0307266923 ISBN 13: 9780307266927

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2007

Synopsis

A groundbreaking book that transforms the debate about global warming by offering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental concerns.

Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, are often based on emotional rather than strictly scientific assumptions, and may very well have little impact on the world’s temperature for hundreds of years. Rather than starting with the most radical procedures, Lomborg argues that we should first focus our resources on more immediate concerns, such as fighting malaria and HIV/AIDS and assuring and maintaining a safe, fresh water supply—which can be addressed at a fraction of the cost and save millions of lives within our lifetime. He asks why the debate over climate change has stifled rational dialogue and killed meaningful dissent.

Lomborg presents us with a second generation of thinking on global warming that believes panic is neither warranted nor a constructive place from which to deal with any of humanity’s problems, not just global warming. Cool It promises to be one of the most talked about and influential books of our time.

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Review

"Far more convincing than "An Inconvenient Truth.""
--"The Financial Post"
"Brimming with useful facts and common sense. . . . [Lomborg's] analysis is smart and refreshing, and it may bridge at least one divide in our too divided culture."
--"The Wall Street Journal"
"Enlightening, eye-opening, brain-nourishing stuff!"
--"Los Angeles Times"
"A reasoned addition to the debate about what to do about climate change. . . . Sure to provoke much controversy."
--"Esquire"
"Bjorn Lomborg is the best-informed and most humane advocate for environmental change in the world today. . . . [He] and "Cool It" are our best guides to our shared environmental future."
--Michael Crichton
"[A] calm, civil, even-handed analysis. ["Cool It"] is suffused with concern for socially beneficial priorities and for practical steps to do good. . . . It provides some badly needed balance."
--"Financial Times"

Far more convincing than "An Inconvenient Truth."
"The Financial Post"
Brimming with useful facts and common sense. . . . [Lomborg's] analysis is smart and refreshing, and it may bridge at least one divide in our too divided culture.
"The Wall Street Journal"
Enlightening, eye-opening, brain-nourishing stuff!
"Los Angeles Times"
A reasoned addition to the debate about what to do about climate change. . . . Sure to provoke much controversy.
"Esquire"
Bjorn Lomborg is the best-informed and most humane advocate for environmental change in the world today. . . . [He] and "Cool It" are our best guides to our shared environmental future.
Michael Crichton
[A] calm, civil, even-handed analysis. ["Cool It"] is suffused with concern for socially beneficial priorities and for practical steps to do good. . . . It provides some badly needed balance.
"Financial Times""

Far more convincing than An Inconvenient Truth.
The Financial Post
Brimming with useful facts and common sense. . . . [Lomborg's] analysis is smart and refreshing, and it may bridge at least one divide in our too divided culture.
The Wall Street Journal
Enlightening, eye-opening, brain-nourishing stuff!
Los Angeles Times
A reasoned addition to the debate about what to do about climate change. . . . Sure to provoke much controversy.
Esquire
Bjorn Lomborg is the best-informed and most humane advocate for environmental change in the world today. . . . [He] and Cool It are our best guides to our shared environmental future.
Michael Crichton
[A] calm, civil, even-handed analysis. [Cool It] is suffused with concern for socially beneficial priorities and for practical steps to do good. . . . It provides some badly needed balance.
Financial Times

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"Far more convincing than An Inconvenient Truth."
--The Financial Post

"Brimming with useful facts and common sense. . . . [Lomborg's] analysis is smart and refreshing, and it may bridge at least one divide in our too divided culture."
--The Wall Street Journal

"Enlightening, eye-opening, brain-nourishing stuff!"
--Los Angeles Times

"A reasoned addition to the debate about what to do about climate change. . . . Sure to provoke much controversy."
--Esquire

"Bjorn Lomborg is the best-informed and most humane advocate for environmental change in the world today. . . . [He] and Cool It are our best guides to our shared environmental future."
--Michael Crichton

"[A] calm, civil, even-handed analysis. [Cool It] is suffused with concern for socially beneficial priorities and for practical steps to do good. . . . It provides some badly needed balance."
--Financial Times

About the Author

Bjorn Lomborg is the author of The Skeptical Environmentalist. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2004 and has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. He is presently an adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School, and in 2004 he started the Copenhagen Consensus, a conference of top economists who come together to prioritize the best solutions for the world’s greatest challenges.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0307266923
• ISBN 13: 9780307266927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 253