Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Don't miss this graph and conclusion: "there is no evidence so far that climate change has increased the normalized economic loss from natural disasters"

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Graph of the Day: Global Disasters and GDP

Data from Munich Re and United Nations. The graph shows a ratio of weather-related disaster losses to global GDP expressed in 2011 dollars and calculated at market exchange rates.
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They conclude: "there is no evidence so far that climate change has increased the normalized economic loss from natural disasters."

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