Standard cost–benefit analysis may not apply to the economics of climate change. Bjorn Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist created a sensation six years ago. The author offered figures to dismiss claims that the ecological-resource base in many parts of the world is deteriorating, and argued that the costs of reducing ecological losses are usually higher than the benefits.
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%T A challenge to Kyoto
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