Richer and more resilient societies reduce disaster deaths and swamp any potential climate signal
Why is this not reported? Instead, media only delivers climate-doom
The risk of dying from climate-related disasters has declined precipitously
As the global population quadrupled over the century, the risk declined by 99% from the 1920s to the 2010s
A spectacular 99.4% reduction from 1920s to 2022
Update of
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162520304157
It is well-known that climate-related deaths are declining for almost all categories for both rich and poor countries because of higher wealth
Shouldn't we be told, rather than reporting on individual events, designed to scare kids and adults alike?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378019300378
We are constantly told how 'humanity is careering towards climate breakdown' as shown by Pakistan and other catastrophes
— without telling us: deaths down by 99%+
Yes, it scares kids and adults. No, it is not a good way to inform us
Many misuse global disaster statistics to tell us: more and more disasters
No, more 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 disasters, but 𝗳𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿 very deadly ones
First 1-death disaster registered in 1963
Clearly, many before, but unregistered
Now: super-common
I also wrote about the dramatically fewer climate-related deaths in my WSJ article, which you can read here
Originally tweeted by Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) on January 1, 2023.
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