Thread by @BjornLomborg

Depressing how climate makes good organizations lose their proportion

Medical organizations claim unsupportably that climate biggest public 21st century *health* challenge

Just obesity kills 409,000 Americans every year
Alcohol kills 88,000 each year

thehill.com/policy/energy-…

Yes, climate change is a problem, but not a catastrophe. UN Climate Panel estimate total impact (not just health) by 2070s equivalent to 0.2-2% reduction in income

These smart organizations (like American Medical Organization) should know better.

climatehealthaction.org/cta/climate-he…

Correct air pollution big killer (not 200K+, but 70-100K)

but about better regulation of power plants, industrial processes & cars, not more renewables

(and even then, much PM2.5 from car tires)

weasely/no link to climate

atmos-chem-phys.net/18/15003/2018/
climatehealthaction.org/media/cta_docs…

Arguing catastrophes have caused "thousands of deaths" is weasely — over many years, and nothing compared to 409K deaths/year from obesity (ihmeuw.org/4tx0)
Moreover, it neglects that globally, because of prosperity, deaths from climate declining
facebook.com/bjornlomborg/p…

And really, heat vs cold?
In their climate-obsession, these esteemed medical societies forgot to check the data
The US has 24x more cold than heat deaths (extrapolated to 2019, about 5K heat, 207K cold)
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

And even with strong warming *and* adaptation, it is likely that even the future, will see fewer, not more heat/cold deaths
nber.org/papers/w23271
dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.13…