Climate-related disasters killed ever fewer in 2021 — 98.7% less than a century ago
Despite breathless climate reporting none reported that
Richer and more resilient societies reduce disaster deaths
and swamp any potential climate signal
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Risk of dying from climate-related disasters declined precipitously
As global population 4x over century, risk declined by 99% from the 1920s to the 2010s
A spectacular 99.7% reduction from 1920s to 2021
Update of sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
It is well-known that climate-related deaths are declining for almost all categories for both rich and poor countries because of higher wealth
Shouldn't we be told, rather than reporting on individual events, designed to scare kids and adults alike?
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Since we're living through a pandemic, it is also worth putting climate-related death in context
Covid-19 death risk in 2020-21 was 1,187 — some 1,500x higher than climate death risk
economist.com/graphic-detail…
you can read more about this in my Nov 4 WSJ article, where I made a prediction of total 2021 climate-related deaths of 6,600 — it actually turned out a bit smaller
wsj.com/articles/clima…
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