TY - BOOK AU - Lomborg,Bjørn TI - False alarm: how climate change panic costs us trillions, hurts the poor, and fails to fix the planet SN - 1541647467 PY - 2020/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - Climatic changes KW - Government policy KW - Political aspects KW - Global warming KW - Economic development KW - Environmental aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-292) and index; Why do we get climate change so wrong? --; Measuring the future --; A fuller story on climate change --; Extreme weather or extreme exaggeration? --; What is global warming going to cost us? --; You can't fix climate change --; Why the Green Revolution isn't here yet --; Why the Paris Agreement is failing --; Pick a path : which future is best? --; How climate policy hurts the poor --; Carbon tax : the market-based solution --; Innovation : what is needed most --; Adaptation : simple but effective --; Geoengineering : a backup plan --; Prosperity : the other climate policy we need --; Conclusion : how to make the world a better place N2 - This book 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 ER -