Climate slightly slows progress (not end-of-world)
Technology and higher incomes make us more resilient
Climate doesn't reverse that positive trend, despite what you hear
Here is one of world's leading child killers, diarrhea
Mortality keeps declining, even in a warming world
Technology and higher incomes make us more resilient
Climate doesn't reverse that positive trend, despite what you hear
Here is one of world's leading child killers, diarrhea
Mortality keeps declining, even in a warming world
Diarrhea is one of the world's leading child killers
Used to kill 4+ million a year
Now 550K
2050 286K
WHO estimates that climate means 33k more deaths, postponing progress about 2 years in 2050
ihmeuw.org/5d7x apps.who.int/iris/handle/10…
Used to kill 4+ million a year
Now 550K
2050 286K
WHO estimates that climate means 33k more deaths, postponing progress about 2 years in 2050
ihmeuw.org/5d7x apps.who.int/iris/handle/10…
We see the same trend with malaria
Although global warming will make malaria worse, it is overwhelmingly improved by technology and resilience
Although global warming will make malaria worse, it is overwhelmingly improved by technology and resilience
https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg/status/1358447109083693056
This comes from the conversation around "climate is most important health problem"
No, it is not
Many people answered 'but malaria' or 'but diarrhea', and above is the answer
No, it is not
Many people answered 'but malaria' or 'but diarrhea', and above is the answer
https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg/status/1357706443558965248
Climate scares based on breathless climate reporting can lead to bad decisions
Climate change a real problem, but we must be careful not — in panic — spending so many resources, the cure is costlier than the affliction
Read my free peer-reviewed article: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Climate change a real problem, but we must be careful not — in panic — spending so many resources, the cure is costlier than the affliction
Read my free peer-reviewed article: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Scared witless has real impacts
Half the world now believe climate change will make humanity go extinct
Reality? UN expects average person in 2100 to be 450% richer. Climate will make that 434%. Problem, not end-of-world
My new book (free first 25p): ow.ly/HUkU50A9v1o
Half the world now believe climate change will make humanity go extinct
Reality? UN expects average person in 2100 to be 450% richer. Climate will make that 434%. Problem, not end-of-world
My new book (free first 25p): ow.ly/HUkU50A9v1o
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