Lancet Countdown – Watts Up With That?

The desperate Lancet search for climate related deaths.

Death and disease from climate-sensitive diseases and events are small relative to those from all causes, and getting smaller

Indur M. Goklany Between 1990 and 2017, the cumulative age-standardized death rate (ASDRs) from climate-sensitive diseases and events (CSDEs) dropped from 8.1% of the all-cause ASDR to 5.5%, while the…

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Claim: Climate Change Causes Deadlier Disasters with Fewer Deaths

Death and disease from climate-sensitive diseases and events are small relative to those from all causes, and getting smaller

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