# Climate Change Panic **URL:** **By** Bjorn Lomborg, Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burrus **Published:** August 7, 2020 --- Bjorn Lomborg joins the show to talk about how climate change alarmism paints a false narrative of world ending proportions. Climate change is real, but it does not pose the apocalyptic threat that we have all been told time and again. When you use bad science, and even worse economics, it creates a panic and that very panic is a problem we see with global warming. What is the problem with climate alarmism? What’s the scientific value in making a model that assumes nobody will respond to incentives? Are there benefits to global warming in some places? ## Further Reading: [False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet](https://www.amazon.com/False-Alarm-Climate-Change-Trillions/dp/1541647467), written by Bjorn Lomborg [How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003HS5TCG/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003HS5TCG&linkCode=as2&tag=copenhagencon-20&linkId=GPPTSRONXDOV4JZ5), written by Bjorn Lomborg [Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521138566/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0521138566&linkCode=as2&tag=copenhagencon-20&linkId=YIGE6MPSPHB7KR52), written by Bjorn Lomborg