Bjorn Lomborg
The Sceptical Environmentalist
About Bjorn
Bjorn is Head of the Copenhagen Consensus and in 2007 he was named one of the "100 Most Influential People" by TIME magazine after the publication of his controversial book The Skeptical Environmentalist, which challenged widely held beliefs that the environment is getting worse.In 2008, he was named one of the "50 people who could save the planet" by the Guardian newspaper.
Publications
Smart Solutions to Climate Change;Global Crises, Global Solutions Costs and Benefits;
Cool It The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming;
The Skeptical Environmentalist
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The Sceptical Environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg is an associate professor of statistics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Aarhus.In 1998 he published four lengthy articles about the state of our environment in the leading Danish newspaper, which resulted in a firestorm debate spanning over 400 articles in major metropolitan newspapers. The articles lead to the publication of The Sceptical Environmentalist in 2001, which has now been published in Danish, Swedish, Icelandic and German, coming out in Portuguese, Italian, Korean and Japanese. Now, Lomborg is a frequent participant in the environmental discussion, with commentaries in such places as New York Times, Globe & Mail, Daily Telegraph, and the Economist.
He has also appeared on TV, such places as Politically Incorrect, ABC 60 minutes, CNN, BBC, and PBS. In November 2001, Lomborg was selected Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum.
In February 2002, Lomborg was named director of Denmark's national Environmental Assessment Institute. In June 2002, Lomborg was named one of the "50 stars of Europe" (as one of the 9 "agenda setters" in Europe) in Business Week (June 17). In the October 2008 issue of the American magazine Esquire, Bjorn Lomborg is named one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century.
In The Sceptical Environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg challenges widely held beliefs that the global environment is progressively getting worse. Using statistical information from internationally recognized research institutes, Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental issues and documents that the global environment has actually improved. He supports his argument with over 2900 footnotes, allowing discerning readers to check his sources.
Lomborg criticizes the way many environmental organizations make selective and misleading use of scientific data to influence decisions about the allocation of limited resources.
The Sceptical Environmentalist is a useful corrective to the more alarmist accounts favored by green activists and the media. " probably the most important book on the environment ever written." Review in The Daily Telegraph, UK "This is one of the most valuable books on public policy - not merely on environmental policy - to have been written for the intelligent general reader in the past ten years. The Sceptical Environmentalist is a triumph. Review in The Economist, 6-9-01 "The Skeptical Environmentalist is the most significant work on the environment since the appearance of its polar opposite, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, in 1962. It's a magnificent achievement." Review in Washington Post Book World,
