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Title: Some good findings, awful recommendations
Review: This book has been highly influential. It does not question the fundamental behind climate change. Interestingly tho, it advocates that we leave climate change alone given the huge cost of solving the problem. Bjorn recommends that efforts are instead focused on aid to places like Africa. He rightly claims that these issues can be dealt with less money. This does however ignore the fact that climate change will damage Africa by providing it with additional drought, heat and extreme weather conditions. A recent UK commons select committee report for example(HM Government, 2005) www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/environmental_audit_committee.cfm.suggests that our Africa efforts will be made obsolete by the effects of climate change. Bjion points out that Kyoto does not do enough to avoid climate change. I agree with this finding but believe that the recommendation should be to take a tougher line. To avoid the problem would be the wrong solution.
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