# Best Things First (2023) Back to [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Books/Books Overview|Books Overview]] · [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/BjornLomborg-x-profile|@BjornLomborg]] · Topic: [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate|Climate Change Science and Policy Debate]] - **Publisher:** Copenhagen Consensus Center · **ISBN 978-1940003481** · **Source:** Wikipedia; pinned X post (Amazon link) - Pinned post: "For $35bn/yr save 4.2 million lives & make the poorer world $1.1 trillion richer—every year!" > **Stub.** The daily routine will fill this in, one book per run. Marshall owns and has read this book, so the note should help him recall and cross-reference it, not summarize it from scratch. - [ ] Thesis and structure (chapters) - [ ] Key numbers and claims, with page refs where possible ⚠️ until checked - [ ] Reception: major reviews and critiques, plus his replies - [ ] What has aged well or badly (claims vs. later data) - [ ] Links to X posts that repeat the book's arguments (from the [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Topical List|Topical List]]) - [ ] Links to the climate hub's evidence notes