EnvStud 772 – Skeptical Environmentalists

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EnvStud 772 – Skeptical Environmentalists

Content:

Theories challenging widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse, concluding that there are more reasons for optimism than for pessimism. The key idea is not to let environmental organizations, business lobbyists and the media be alone in presenting truths and priorities.

Course Lecturer: Gerhard Berchtold, PhD

ECTS credits: 6

Coursebook:

The Skeptical Environmentalist. Measuring the RealState of the World.

Bjorn Lomborg.

CambridgeUniversity Press, Cambridge (UK), 2001

ISBN 0 521 80447 7(hardback) – ISBN 0 521 01068 3 (paperback)