This essay will however argue otherwise. Firstly, Lomborg’s use of misleading statistics will be analysed, using his arguments of food security as an example. Next the essay will highlight the flaws in Lomborg’s environmental theory, which ultimately undermine his overall argument; using his biodiversity, food and water security chapters to illustrate these points.
Before looking at the theory presented within the book, it makes sense to address the data and statistics underpinning those ideas. Lomborg prides himself in presenting “the most comprehensive figures” to support each and every one of his arguments. Lomborg believes that the use of global figures helps to give a good overall picture, incorporating both improvements and declines on a global scale (Lomborg 2001, 7); helping to give a more easily evaluated figure which can clearly show global trends. This is how he presents nearly every argument within the book; first he would show some of the data presented as part of the litany, and then he would go on to disprove it using his “global figures” and “global trends”. When looking at the issue of starvation in the global trends section, Lomborg claims that “fewer