The economist-contrarian corner of the climate shelf.
Bjørn Lomborg’s argument (Basic Books, 2020): climate change is real but not apocalyptic; doom projections rest on bad science and worse economics; current policies cost trillions while helping little, crowding out investments in health, education and growth that would help the poor more. His prescription: carbon tax, green R&D, adaptation, prosperity.
Attached counterweight, because epistemic hygiene: the LSE Grantham Institute published a detailed critique calling the book’s numbers “fantastical”. Read him next to El mundo no se acaba and decide which optimism survives contact with the data.