Weather disasters at record highs? Bjorn Lomborg: ‘Tremendously misleading…the world & the US are not seeing increasing damages’ – Pielke Jr.: Claims ‘so embarrassing…bad economics for media catnip & clicks’

Tremendously misleading. The number of billion-dollar disasters will of course increase as society gets richer

When corrected for increased wealth, the world and the US are not seeing increasing damages (but insignificantly *decreasing* damages) https://t.co/MqBeszfev5 pic.twitter.com/GLAH7WxqFG

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) January 9, 2021

https://t.co/BeqZQ8ELN0

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) January 9, 2021

https://t.co/6dhqBCNv9G

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) January 9, 2021

NOAA is a great agency & contributes massively to saving life and property

It is thus so embarrassing that they dabble in bad economics for media catnip and clicks

Everything you hear about "billion $ disasters" is wrong: https://t.co/mgVpijKOnb https://t.co/QHKtDKlood pic.twitter.com/ygR8pFaTjH

— The Honest Broker (@RogerPielkeJr) January 8, 2021