Bjorn Lomborg wrote a controversial book on environmental issues, ‘The Skeptical Environmentalist’. It raised a world wide debate. The majority of the contributors to the notes presented below are disturbed by the quality of this debate. This section is dedicated to a study and discussion of the ‘Lomborg case’ in Denmark, and related subjects.

FOR A REVIEW OF THE BOOK BY SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS WEBSITE, SEE:
A Review of ‘The Skeptical Environmentalist’ - the shortened and annotated Lomborg Click here

FOR AN INTRODUCTION ON THE LOMBORG CASE SEE:

1. GOOD SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE AND THE LOMBORG AFFAIR IN DENMARK
Arthur Rörsch, Prof. (em) Molecular Genetics, Leiden University, The Netherlands. March, 2003 (4 pages) Click here

FOR ELABORATE NOTES ON THE CASE SEE:

2. A CRITICAL CONSIDERATION OF THE VERDICT OF THE DANISH COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC DISHONESTY ON THE BOOK BY BJORN LOMBORG ‘THE SKEPTICAL ENVIRONMENTALIST’ (Cambridge University Press 2001).

Addressed to the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. With an annex “Review of the approaches in the debate on the book”. The Netherlands, April 4, 2003 (29 pages) Click here

3. FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS OF ACCUSATIONS OF LOMBORG OF SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT

I. A misleading interpretation of K. Fog of the book
Leiden 2 May 2003 (10 pages) Click here

4. FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS OF ACCUSATIONS OF LOMBORG OF SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT

II. A misleading interpretation of J. Jespersen of the book in the publication of the Danish Ecological Council “Skeptical Questions, Sustainable Answers”.
2 May 2003 (1 page) Click here

5. FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS OF ACCUSATIONS OF LOMBORG OF SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT

III Consideration of the critique of Hanne Stensen Christensen on the book by Lomborg in the booklet of the Danish Ecological Council “Skeptical Questions, Sustainable Answers.
Leiden May 12, 2003 (11 pages) Click here

6. THE RESULT OF A WORLD SURVEY ON THE DECISION OF THE DANISH COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC DISHONESTY IN THE LOMBORG CASE.
May 12, 2003, revised September 1, 2003 (11 pages) Click here

FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION SEE:
GOOD SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE(SECTION 1.9 ‘PSEUDO SCIENCE’ )
A compilation of views from the USA and Germany: National Academy of Science USA and Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinschaf. Introduced by Arthur Rörsch, Sixth revision, Leiden, October, 2002 (36 pages) Click here

NEW, September 2003

8. COMMENTS ON THE REPORT CONCERNING THE RULES OF ETHICS FOR RESEARCH’;
DENMARK MAY 2003. (5 pages). This report concerns recommendations by the ‘Pedersen’ committee to the Danish Research Agency to revise the rules of the Danish Committee on Scientific Dishonesty. The comments by A.Rörsch. D. Thoenes, T.Frello and G. Olsen has as an annex quotes from the European Science Foundation (ESF) Policy Briefing. Click here

AN ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE OF THE OPPOSITION RAISED AGAINST THE BOOK “THE SKEPTICAL ENVIRONMENTALIST” by B. LOMBORG.
(11 pages) A.Rörsch, T. Frello, R. Soper, A.de Lange Click here

THE STATE OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO PESSIMISTS
(7 pages). An abstract from the Lomborg book. Click here

11.MISLEADING INTERPRETATIONS OF AND QUOTATIONS FROM THE BOOK “THE SKEPTICAL ENVIRONMENTALIST”, by BJORN LOMBORG A.Rörsch, T. Frello Click here

12. FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS OF ACCUSATIONS OF LOMBORG OF SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT (GRAIN PRODUCTION) Click here

(Revision, september 2003 Draft originally on www.stichting-han.nl/lomborg.htm now on www.groenerekenkamer.nl/lomborg)