US EditionClimate Study Widely Used by Central Banks Retracted Over Errors
The study overstated economic losses from climate change due to errors in Uzbekistan data, reducing estimated income drop to 17%, with authors planning a corrected peer-reviewed version.
- Researchers at Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research revised their forecast of a drop in global income due to climate change from 19% to 17% by 2050, citing data errors as the reason for the change.
- The probability that fixing climate damage will cost more than building resilience has been lowered from 99% to 91%.
- Max Kotz emphasized that climate change will severely harm the global economy, particularly impacting low-income areas with minimal emissions.
- Gernot Wagner mentioned that home insurance premiums in the U.S. have doubled over the last decade due to climate risks, which are expected to increase further.
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Media doing 'damage control' as widely reported study on cost of climate change gets retracted
When a peer-reviewed study last year concluded that the burning of fossil fuels was going to make the world $38 trillion poorer over the next century, journalists across multiple outlets reported on its findings. Even though the peer-review file showed that some of the reviewers had concerns about the study's conclusions, many climate journalists didn't question the study's findings and conclusion. In the months after its publication, as Just th…
The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has withdrawn a much-considered climate study on the economic consequences of climate change.The ... The post Potsdam researchers must withdraw alarmist climate study due to serious deficiencies appeared first on Apollo News.
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