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Peter Birch Sørensen anmelder min bog negativt i Politiken

Han baserer sig mest på studie, der ekstremt manipulerer data

Urimeligt verden skal spilde mere end $1000 milliarder baseret på alarmistiske gæt, fjernt fra mainstream økonomi

politiken.dk/kultur/boger/b…
Jeg bruger Nobelpristageren William Nordhaus' model for optimal klimapolitik

PBS hævder, at "stigende antal klimaøkonomer" er uenige

Men dette er misvisende — jo, altid nogen uenighed blandt økonomer, men de tre store modeller giver næsten samme resultater (næste tweet) Image
Her er de tre store IAM, som også Obama brugte til at estimere klima-skader, FUND, PAGE og DICE (Nordhaus)

De har meget ens estimater

Jeg bruger den sorte linie

(Og estimaterne burde om noget være *mindre negative* fordi dynamisk mere realistisk)
sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Image
Jeg bruger Nordhaus til at estimere skaderne ved ingen klimapolitik i 2100 til 3.6% af BNP.

Fun fact, 1.5°C rapporten fra FNs Klimapanel i 2018 (som alarmister kalder "domedagsrapporten"), vurderer det *mindre negativt* til 2,6%

p256, ipcc.ch/sr15/chapter/c… Image
Men PBS vil meget gerne at 2°C er fornuftigt, så han bliver sur over, at jeg kritiserer denne artikel:

nature.com/articles/s4155…

Lad os se, hvor godt PBS har det med artiklens antagelser Image
Her er mainstream estimaterne på klimaskader fra de tre mainstream modeller

Disse baseret på FNs klimapanel (p690, ipcc.ch/site/assets/up…)

Cirklerne viser alle peer-reviewed studier, med størrelsen afhængig af kvaliteten af studiet, nber.org/papers/w23646 Image
Næsten hele resultat fra Nature artiklen kommer fra *drastisk* forøgelse af skaderne ifht mainstream (FUND, PAGE og DICE)

De bruger kun denne artikel: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Den bruger næsten de samme referencer

*men tilføjer 11 ikke-videnskabeligt publicerede estimater* Image
Politiken valgte at udelade denne pointe, da de renskrev mit interview med mig for søndagsavisen

— selvom jeg insisterede over 3 gange

(Overstreget kom ikke med)

politiken.dk/debat/art78754… Image
Nordhaus' mainstream resultat viser, at omkostningen ved 4°C er 2.9% af BNP

Den nye artikel eksploderer det tal til 11.9%

— 4-dobling af mainstream estimatet Image
Man kan selvfølgelig gøre en hvilken som helst politik økonomisk fornuftig, hvis man bare må eksplodere omkostningen ved at gøre intet:

"En bro til Samsø er omkostningseffektiv, hvis ikke-at-bygge-en-bro vil koste Danmark 11.9% af BNP"
Artiklen inkluderer blot tre nye estimater, der er højere end Nordhaus' højeste

Det laveste er Burke et al 2015, der estimerer 23% omkostning ved 4.3°C (nature.com/articles/natur…)

Studiet helt ærlige om, at det falder *langt* udenfor mainstream Image
Studiet antager at verden *ikke* vil tilpasse sig over 80 år, på trods af, at deres data faktisk viser, at verden *mere* end tilpassede sig fra 1960-2010

Hvis man bare baserer sig på deres *egne* data, giver det ikke -23% men +1,100%
sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Image
Deres studie er allerede falsificeret for udviklede økonomier (link.springer.com/article/10.100…)

Det betyder, at det ikke er -23% men -3% (Altså ligesom Nordhaus finder)
Et andet paper viser, at Burke et al er meget sårbart overfor mis-specifikation rff.org/publications/w…

De finder resultater fra -48% til +157%

Det mest sandsynlige outcome er minus 1-2% (ligesom Nordhaus)
Og endelig består Burke et al simpelthen ikke fnise-testen

Hvis man vil bruge deres resultater, skal man acceptere, at Island bliver verdens rigeste land (web.stanford.edu/~mburke/climat…), 16x rigere end USA

Og Mongoliet bliver verdens 7. rigeste land

— fordi det er så koldt Image
De to absolut højeste estimater på skader er end ikke videnskabeligt publicerede

Husk, Nordhaus/FNs samling af datapunkter er alle seriøse, videnskabelige studier, der typisk har brugt måneder og år til at finde de bedste estimater
De to top tal, der eksploderer omkostningerne ved klima stammer fra et ikke-videnskabeligt publiceret 2010 paper (nber.org/papers/w16136)

Forfatteren gætter bare ærligt på to tal: 6°C->-50% og 12°C->-99%

*Ingen data*

bare "arbitrary" and "iconic" Image
Forfatteren siger helt ærligt, at når han kalibrerer de to tal, der altså betyder allermest for den artikel, som PBS så godt kan lide, så er de helt frit gættet:

CITAT: "anybody's guess here is as good as mine" Image
Dette er ikke god videnskab
Dette er ikke okay
At eksplodere mainstream omkostningsestimaterne for at berettige en meget omtalt målsætning på 2°C er politisk bekvemt, men det er ikke god videnskab

Jeg ville gerne vide fra PBS, om han virkelig synes, det ovenstående er ok?
Så nej, Politiken havde ikke ret, da de skrev at studiet var på basis af "ny viden fra klimaforskere" — det er på basis af et estimat fra 2015, der kræver, at verden ikke vil tilpasse sig (selvom deres egne tal modbeviser det) og to "arbitrære" gæt fra 2010 Image
Det bør siges klart:

Det er ikke okay at menneskeheden skal bruge tusinder af milliarder dollar for meget på klima, baseret på mind-blowingly dårlig forskning, som baserer sig på "enhvers gæt er så godt som mit"

— specielt ikke når vi har enormt mange andre, vigtige udfordinger
PBS har også en del positive punkter (tak)

Men medierne overdriver ikke kun "undertiden" om klima (ellers ville 48% af verdens befolkning ikke tro, klima vil lede til menneskehedens udslettelse)

Og jeg har skrevet til fordel for en CO₂ afgift i mindst 13 år (Cool It fra 2007) Image

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But remember flood deaths down dramatically

Globally, floods now kill 5,400/year, down from 400,000/year in 1930s

Deaths from European floods down 7-fold to less than 100 per year today

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Despite breathless climate reporting,

not only are European floods causing fewer deaths (tweet above) but

Losses from floods in Europe are declining, not increasing

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not only for rich countries but for poor countries

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and for all extreme weather

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New study: Climate change saves 282,000 babies

Higher temperatures mean more heat, and more babies dying from heat

but it also means less cold, and many more babies not dying from cold

In total, higher temps saved 282,251 babies in 29 poorer countries from 2000-19

Did you read that anywhere?

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As we have come to expect from studies of heat and cold, they use unequal scales, which makes heat and cold look about the same

— they're not, as you can see on the right


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The study is very explicit in pointing out that the change in extra heat deaths and fewer cold deaths is caused by climate change

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Outrageously misleading climate scare from the UN

Today, 85% more old people die from heat

What they don't tell you:

There are now 86% more old people



un.org/sg/en/content/…
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I write about this and many other heat scares from the UN in today's WSJ

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Fake news doesn't just come from foreign enemies

Friday, WHO claimed that 175,000 Europeans died from extreme heat

I pointed out that was untrue, almost 4x exaggerated

Saturday morning, WHO admitted this in the smallest possible way — they simply changed their website (and address) and had some online publications delete "extreme"

But, of course, by then the story had already made its intended impact across the world

WHO believes "Climate change is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century" — which is just laughable and one of the reasons it was caught off-guard by Covid

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Summary: WHO told us extreme heat kills 175K+, a number they've now admitted is almost 4x exaggerated. And they don't tell you that cold deaths at 657K are almost 4x bigger than all heat deaths. This is not informing you well

Journalists have to realize that when e.g. WHO says something, it also needs to be fact-checked

Friday claim:

Saturday update:

My tweet to ask for correction (which the director hasn't replied to):

The actual problem put in context:

WHO climate biggest challenge: web.archive.org/web/2024080206…
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This scary but wrong story got all the headlines

When called out, WHO acknowledged it by simply changing their website (and some online publications)

— but by then, all the scary stories had already had their impact

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My tweet to ask for correction (which the director hasn't replied to):
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Another environmental scare debunked:

Acid rain killing all forests was the main environmental scare in the 1980s

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Yet, a majority of Germans in 1985 believed "all forests will be dead by 2000" because of acid rain

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