Once again, BBC blithely repeat campaigners' press release of ever-costlier climate disasters
Yet, @MattMcGrathBBC knows disaster costs increase with more and more valuable houses
When adjusted for growing GDP, as even UN insists, weather-related damages are 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
Yet, @MattMcGrathBBC knows disaster costs increase with more and more valuable houses
When adjusted for growing GDP, as even UN insists, weather-related damages are 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
https://twitter.com/ClimateandCap/status/1475332511051829250
Christian Aid's climate "analyses" are nothing but campaigning material
https://twitter.com/bjornlomborg/status/1079011384472600577
BBC ought to report on the actual science, e.g. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… where this graph is the update:
It would make for a better-informed debate
But, of course, it wouldn't fit the narrative or make for as scary click-bait
https://twitter.com/RogerPielkeJr/status/1471960224340668418
It would make for a better-informed debate
But, of course, it wouldn't fit the narrative or make for as scary click-bait
Even the UN points out that you need to adjust disaster costs with GDP (because richer societies means more disaster cost for same hurricane)
E.g. UN's Sustainable Development Goal 11.5:
unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/…
E.g. UN's Sustainable Development Goal 11.5:
unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/…
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