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Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take drastic action immediately to stop it. Children panic about their future, and adults wonder if it is even ethical to bring new life into the world.Enough, argues bestselling author Bjorn Lomborg. Climate change is real, but it''s not the apocalyptic threat that we''ve been told it is. Projections of Earth''s imminent demise are based on bad science and even worse economics. In panic, world leaders have committed to wildly expensive but largely ineffective policies that hamper growth and crowd out more pressing investments in human capital, from immunization to education.False Alarm 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, pla

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The New York Times-bestselling "skeptical environmentalist" argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than goodHurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take drastic action immediately to stop it. Children panic about their future, and adults wonder if it is even ethical to bring new life into the world.Enough, argues bestselling author Bjorn Lomborg. Climate change is real, but it's not the apocalyptic threat that we've been told it is. Projections of Earth's imminent demise are based on bad science and even worse economics. In panic, world leaders have committed to wildly expensive but largely ineffective policies that hamper growth and crowd out more pressing investments in human capital, from immunization to education.False Alarm 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.

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Inmersos en noticias de huracanes azotando las costas, de un aumento del nivel del mar que amenaza con hacer desaparecer a países enteros y de incendios forestales arrasando extensas zonas del planeta, no es de extrañar que la lucha contra el calentamiento global se haya convertido en una de las prioridades de los gobiernos de todo el mundo. En los últimos diez años, hemos pasado de discutir sobre si el cambio climático es real a apostar sobre cuánto tardará en extinguirse la vida en la Tierra. Los niños viven angustiados ante semejante relato de su futuro y los adultos se preguntan incluso si es ético traer más vidas al mundo. Bjorn Lomborg cree que nos convendría analizar más de cerca y sosegadamente algunos de estos argumentos antes de dejarnos arrastrar por el pánico. Sostiene que el cambio climático, aunque real, no es la amenaza apocalíptica que nos han dicho que es. No hay evidencia científica, por ejemplo, de que el mundo esté sufriendo más sequías, incendios forestales o huracanes que nunca. En definitiva, el pánico desatado por el cambio climático se basa en mala ciencia y genera políticas y decisiones precipitadas y nefastas. A partir de datos contrastados, Falsa alarma cuestiona algunos de los lugares comunes desde los que se afronta el cambio climático y señala el camino para hacer del mundo un lugar mejor, aunque, eso sí, algo más cálido.

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This book is a unique guide to making the world a better place. Experts apply a critical eye to the United Nations' Sustainable Development agenda, also known as the Global Goals, which will affect the flow of $2.5 trillion of development aid up until 2030. Renowned economists, led by Bjorn Lomborg, determine what pursuing different targets will cost and achieve in social, environmental and economic benefits. There are 169 targets, covering every area of international development – from health to education, sanitation to conflict. Together, these analyses make the case for prioritizing the most effective development investments. A panel of Nobel Laureate economists identify a set of 19 phenomenal development targets, and argue that this would achieve as much as quadrupling the global aid budget.

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