Ottawa Mike
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That's the title of new peer-reviewed study which is in pre-print for the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Here are some quotations:
"The studies show no trends in losses, corrected for changes (increases) in population and capital at risk, that could be attributed to anthropogenic climate change. Therefore it can be concluded that anthropogenic climate change so far has not had a significant impact on losses from natural disasters."
"The observed loss increase is caused primarily by increasing exposure and value of capital at risk. "
Should this be considered when assessing the cost/benefit ratio of mitigating versus adapting to climate change?
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/2010BAMS3092.1
"The studies show no trends in losses, corrected for changes (increases) in population and capital at risk, that could be attributed to anthropogenic climate change. Therefore it can be concluded that anthropogenic climate change so far has not had a significant impact on losses from natural disasters."
"The observed loss increase is caused primarily by increasing exposure and value of capital at risk. "
Should this be considered when assessing the cost/benefit ratio of mitigating versus adapting to climate change?
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/2010BAMS3092.1