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Copenhagen Consensus Centre President Bjorn Lomborg says there are constantly climate catastrophes and it’s very easy to claim them as global warming. “Global warming is real and it’s very likely that it does have an impact, but what you need to recognise is that because we are richer and more resilient we’ve dramatically drove down the number of people that die from climate-related disasters,” Mr Lomborg told Sky News Australia. “In the 1920s on average people died from droughts, floods, storms, wildfires, and extreme temperatures. About half a million people each year. “Now it’s down to about seven thousand people that die every year. It is likely that some of these people died from climate-related disasters. “But it’s incredibly important to realise that our ability to deal with this is dramatically higher.”

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Copenhagen Consensus Centre President Bjorn Lomborg says there are constantly climate catastrophes and it’s very easy to claim them as global warming.

“Global warming is real and it’s very likely that it does have…



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