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Extreme weather not killing more

Each climate conference day, we have looked at the data

Flooding is not worse:

Fewer people die from floods, not more (because of higher wealth and resilience)

From this new peer-reviewed article:
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
And flash floods are not worse:

Fewer people die from flash floods, not more (because of higher wealth and resilience)

From this new peer-reviewed article:
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
And coastal floods are not worse:

Fewer people die from coastal floods, not more (because of higher wealth and resilience)

From this new peer-reviewed article:
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
And cold hazards are not worse:

Fewer people die from cold hazards, not more (because of higher wealth and resilience)

From this new peer-reviewed article:
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
And heat waves are not worse:

Fewer people die from heat waves, not more (because of higher wealth and resilience)

From this new peer-reviewed article:
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
And wind hazard is not worse:

Fewer people die from wind hazard, not more (because of higher wealth and resilience)

From this new peer-reviewed article:
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Actually, ALL extreme weather is killing fewer people, not more

From this new peer-reviewed article:
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Contrary to what the UN and everyone else will tell you; that you we need to do more, because of extreme weather has an ever-stronger impact, taking a larger toll

Here is the UN saying that: news.un.org/en/story/2019/…
Here is the whole overview of all mortality effects — down by 2 to 17 times from 1980-2016

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
And here in tabular form

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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