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by nancyhn 1063 days ago
Look at how climate related deaths have dropped dramatically over the past century.

https://www.humanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cha...

https://images.wsj.net/im-428434/?width=700&height=434

What are you worried about, exactly?

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This doesn't mean much if you consider we may have just gotten better about predicting and avoiding human loss during extreme weather events.

A better indicator IMO is the amount of property damage from extreme weather events, which has been trending up sharply since the 80s: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/summary-stats#temp...

That's because there are more buildings.
Wait, are you suggesting current climate related deaths are a good indicator of what the climate will be doing in 30 years from now?
Are you suggesting you can predict the future 30 years from now?