Gernot Wagner on Nostr: "We find that US$143 billion per year of the costs of extreme events is attributable ...

"We find that US$143 billion per year of the costs of extreme events is attributable to climatic change. The majority (63%), of this is due to human loss of life. Our results suggest that the frequently cited estimates of the economic costs of climate change arrived at by using Integrated Assessment Models may be substantially underestimated."

The striking bit, of course, is how random these extreme weather impacts are, and no, they don't go past 2019: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41888-1
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