Thread by @BjornLomborg

This is how you handle misinforming on climate — you just disappear the evidence

Finally, Lord Stern's PR guy got back to me
Of course, this claim was absurd (it was the *total* costs of weather, not the possible, incremental cost of climate)

and they've removed the video

https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg/status/1114463358730887170

Here is the incorrect claim of $350bn, which was the actual cost over past ten years, not the incremental cost above trendline
gao.gov/assets/690/687…

Here is the new claim — which is still wrong: making noises about a record number, but without correcting it for growth in wealth

Of course, as the world grows wealthier, the same hurricane will cause more damage — harming two expensive houses rather than an old shack
Everyone knows you should correct for GDP, and then the trend is downwards (but of course not scary)
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Oh, and this is how Lord Stern's PR guy handled it
Sairah had to keep calling him, but he only got back when the video was disappeared
1) He thinks I lie, so why should it matter if Lord Stern is misinforming?
2) The link "does not appear to work"
Classy