Thread by @DoctorVive

As Director of @EndClimateSilence, I thank you for amplifying our tweet thread.

Glad to see we're making you nervous.

But I must also say that you, blatantly lying, misrepresent both our position and the science in your attempted rebuttal.

Let's begin, shall we?

1/n

https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg/status/1107954226674708481

First of all, we've never called for anyone to "blame global warming" for any extreme weather event. That's a lie.

We call for reporters to mention climate change in their stories about extreme weather.

Climate change is part of the context for those stories.

2/n

Despite your claims, science *has* identified more extreme precipitation events & flooding as an effect of AGW in the Northern Great Planes of the US.

Here are 4 examples from what you call "US Climate Assessment" [sic], in the section about the N Great Planes themselves.

3/n

And here's a link to the document itself: nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/22/

[Do a word-search for "floods" and you'll find the passages I cited, and more.]

4/n

You claim that science has not established a connection between riverine flooding and climate change in the region. You even pretend that this lie has the imprimatur of the UN behind it.

5/n

But citing what the IPCC said about *global* flooding impacts back in 2014 is a fine bit of legerdemain to hide the truth.

This is the truth: "In fact, across the midwestern United States, statistically significant increases in flooding are well documented."👇🏽

6/n

Here's the link to the report itself: science2017.globalchange.gov/downloads/CSSR…

And the screenshot again, because why not?

Look at all those footnotes!

7/n

(This is page 241 of the report, by the way.)

8/n

You and your ilk use the uncertainty over flood signals on a *global* scale to lie about established local links between climate change and extreme weather.

9/n

At @EndClimateSilence we are committed to a culture of truth.

Climate change is real, it's underway, and it's going to get more dangerous every day and every year until we stop burning fossil fuels. That's the truth.

10/n

You seem not to want people to comprehend that truth.

11/n

You lie, misrepresent, conceal, distract, distort.

You don't speak for science.

Or reason.

You speak for death.

#EndClimateSilence

/fin