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Bjorn Lomborg
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No, this girl very likely won't die from climate change
She is likely to live longer than any other cohort has done before, because she's richer, better educated and live in a technologically advanced society
And she won't die from climate, because almost nobody does
... anymore
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Maybe we should — I don't know — stop scaring kids?
And stop thinking it is okay for adults to scare kids?
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Bjorn Lomborg
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Blatant scaremongering:
Guardian has now declared that the scientifically correct expression of global warming or climate change is not terrifying enough
theguardian.com/environment/20…
Editor-in-chief of the Guardian, Katharine Viner claims that what "scientists are talking about is a catastrophe for humanity.”

Eh, no.

UN Climate Panel: by 2070s, if we do nothing, impact equivalent to losing 0.2-2% of average income
archive.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment…
And by then, we'll be 100%-300% richer *per person* with lower inequality
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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Bjorn Lomborg
@BjornLomborg
Be wary: "we're losing a million species in next decades" of 8 million

We heard the same story almost 40 years ago:

The US official "Global 2000" report from 1980 claimed we'd see up to 2 million species die from 1980-2000
cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs…
We're losing a million species in next decades"
We heard it 40 years ago:
"Civilization facing worldwide disaster"
We're losing a million species in next decades"
We heard it 40 years ago:
"Grim outlook for world's future"
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Bjorn Lomborg
@BjornLomborg
As panic on climate change once again crescendos, it is perhaps worth remembering that we've been here many times before
Here in 1989, where the UN Environment Programme predicts disaster if we don't fix global warming before the year 2000
apnews.com/bd45c372caf118…
And here, from 1982, where the executive director of the UN Environment Programme, warning that the world was only a couple of decades away from an ecological disaster as final as nuclear war
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To be clear, global warming is a real problem, but nowhere near the panicky claims often heard: If we do nothing, the impact by 2100 will be equivalent to losing 2-4% of your annual income (in a world where you'll be 150-500% richer)
nber.org/reporter/2017n…
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