Bjorn LomborgVarmennettu tili

If anything, the NYTimes article and the background research underscores that we are eminently able to tackle sea-level rise, because today 19 million people live in Vietnam below the high-water line, and most thrivepic.twitter.com/20pB1YNmaV

Yes, more people will be below the tide-line in 2050 because of sea-level rise, but it is likely that the *actual* number of people flooded will decline, not the least because developing income will more than double https://tntcat.iiasa.ac.at/SspDb pic.twitter.com/PXJoJjNTYK

And in its excitement to create worry, the NYTimes seems to forget the most important outcome of the new study: Even the strongest climate policy will make little difference What matters to improve people's lives is adaptationpic.twitter.com/hfi6gFW7gD

The most important outcome of the new study: Even the strongest climate policy will make little difference What matters to improve people's lives is adaptationpic.twitter.com/ugGwh4wKb8

The most important outcome of the new study: Even the strongest climate policy will make little difference also globally What matters to improve people's lives is adaptationpic.twitter.com/z73P5OWIzF

One has to wonder if NYTimes was misled by its prejudice to interpret an easy graph showing southern Vietnam almost entirely underwater in 2050 as catastrophe. What would have happened if they had seen the same 2050 graph for Holland? Would they have paused?pic.twitter.com/Zn2Kzh7INw

Just like for Vietnam, the difference between now and 2050 is smallpic.twitter.com/yxEH1fwgv4

Looking at the additional high tide risk areas for Holland in 2050, it is hard to tell any extra onespic.twitter.com/wvB2SbnBra