The Skeptical Environmentalist

The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World (TSE) (Danish: Verdens Sande Tilstand) is a controversial book by political scientist Bjørn Lomborg, which argues that claims made about global warming, overpopulation, declining energy resources, deforestation, species loss, water shortages, and a variety of other global environmental issues are exaggerations and unsupported by a proper analysis of the relevant data. It was first published in Danish in 1998, and the English edition was published as a peer-reviewed work in environmental economics by Cambridge University Press in 2001.

Longer-term impact of TSE

The Skeptical Environmentalist became a high-profile international bestseller. In 2005, the fourth year following its English-language publication, an informal survey of publicly accessible online sources indicates that TSE continues to be highly controversial. However, there is no obvious evidence of it having a major public impact on the Litany of environmental issues, and in spite of intent of the author to "provide the best possible information about how things have progressed and are likely to develop in the future" and "leave to the individual reader the political judgement as to where we should focus our efforts", TSE currently appears on the reading list of a variety of university courses as recommended or required reading on subjects as diverse as biodiversity and eco-terrorism.

Related Topics:
Bestseller - 2005 - Survey - Online sources - Eco-terrorism

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