A review by ogbergerking
False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet by Bjørn Lomborg

2.5

although i enjoyed this alternate perspective, & agree with lomborg on some points regarding how panic is skewing the actual view we should have on climate crisis, i found a lot of his arguments to be rather circular. many of his data points and statistics were definitely cherry picked, and several of his arguments relied on hypotheticals that cannot be guarenteed through data or statistics. it also has no account for future crises like COVID-19 or other global factors such as war & inflation that are ever prevalent in 2024 society. 

i think his arguments for what should be supported are strong, & that there is a lot of misinformation out there, but i don’t know that i agree enough to argue that this shouldn’t still be a priority in voters’ minds or pockets. 

would probably read again to further break down arguments, & would look more into notes to see supporting or opposing arguments for a fuller understanding. def appreciated the challenge on my viewpoint and brain to process this, & look forward to more work from lomborg in the future to see how he will combat new information & data as time & society progress.