Introduction Bjørn Lomborg
Part I. The Solutions:
1. Armed conflicts J. Paul Dunne
1.1 Alternative perspective Anke Hoeffler
1.2 Alternative perspective Andrew Mack
2. The challenge of ecosystems and biodiversity Salman Hussain, Anil Markandya, Luke Brander, Alistair McVittie, Rudolf de Groot, Olivier Vardakoulias, Alfred Wagtendonk and Peter H. Verburg
2.1 Alternative perspective Juha V. Siikamäki
2.2 Alternative perspective John C. Whitehead and Paul E. Chambers
3. Chronic disease prevention and control Prabhat Jha, Rachel Nugent, Stéphane Verguet, David Bloom and Ryan Hum
3.1 Alternative perspective Julia Fox-Rushby
3.2 Alternative perspective Marc Suhrcke
4. Climate change: CO2 abatement Richard S. J. Tol
Technology-led mitigation Isabel Galiana and Christopher Green
Climate-engineering R&D J. Eric Bickel and Lee Lane
Climate-change adaptation Francesco Bosello, Carlo Carraro and Enrica De Cian
4.1 Alternative perspective Samuel Fankhauser
4.2 Alternative perspective Anil Markandya
5. Education: the case for improving school quality and student health as a development strategy Peter F. Orazem
5.1. Alternative perspective Lant Pritchett
5.2 Alternative perspective George Psacharopoulos
6. Hunger and malnutrition: investments to reduce hunger and undernutrition John Hoddinott, Mark Rosegrant and Maximo Torero
6.1 Alternative perspective Anil B. Deolalikar
6.2 Alternative perspective Beatrice Lorge Rogers
7. Infectious disease, injury, and reproductive health Dean T. Jamison, Prabhat Jha, Ramanan Laxminarayan and Toby Ord
7.1 Alternative perspective Till Bärnighausen, David Bloom and Salal Humair
7.2 Alternative perspective David Canning
8. Policy options for reducing losses from natural disasters: allocating $75 billion Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
8.1 Alternative perspective Stéphane Hallegatte
8.2 Alternative perspective Ilan Noy
9. Population growth Hans-Peter Kohler
9.1 Alternative perspective Oded Galor
9.2 Alternative perspective David Lam
10. Water and sanitation Frank Rijsberman and Alix Peterson Zwane
10.1 Alternative perspective W. Michael Hanemann
10.2 Alternative perspective Guy Hutton
11. Corruption and policy reform Susan Rose-Ackerman and Rory Truex
12. Trade barriers and subsidies: multilateral and regional reform opportunities Kym Anderson
Part II. Ranking the Opportunities: Expert Panel Ranking Finn E. Kydland, Robert Mundell, Thomas Schelling, Vernon Smith and Nancy Stokey
Conclusion: making your own prioritisation Bjørn Lomborg
Index.