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The State of the World

The State of the World is published annually by the Worldwatch Institute. The series attempts to identify the world’s most significant challenges professionally and veraciously.

Bjørn Lomborg calls it "one of the best-researched and academically most ambitious environmental policy publications." Yet it frequently cites short-term trends as portending disaster, which does not come to pass as the long-term trend is decidedly benign. Lomborg gives examples of Lester Brown's predictions on wheat price inceases and world trade decreases. (source: The Skeptical Environmentalist, Chapter 1)

And how is it biased?



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