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(WMO) wrong. There is No Evidence "Climate Change impacts Grip[ed] Globe in 2024"
The World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) article, "Climate Change Impacts Grip Globe in 2024," paints a dire picture of a planet spiraling into chaos, with extreme weather events attributed to "anthropogenic" climate change...
While the narrative is emotionally compelling for low-information readers, it falsely conflates short-term weather events with long-term climate trends.
It is a fundamental error that undermines the scientific integrity of the claims, especially since the WMO itself actually defines what climate is:
Furthermore, historical data reveals that humanity is not facing an escalating climate crisis but has instead become more resilient to extreme weather, with weather-related deaths plummeting over the past century.
One of the core flaws in the WMO article is its failure to differentiate between weather and climate.
The distinction is crucial, yet the WMO blurs the line by implying that individual weather events in 2024 are definitive evidence of "climate change"...
As highlighted by Climate Realism,
The site notes that attributing every flood or heatwave to climate change ignores natural variability and fails to account for the complexities of atmospheric systems.
Even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) acknowledges, the difficulty of attributing specific weather events to long-term climatic trends, stating that such attribution requires rigorous analysis and cannot rely on anecdotal observations.
In short,
While the WMO's article focuses on the immediate impacts of extreme weather, it conveniently omits a critical fact:
This is not evidence of escalating danger but of extraordinary human progress.
See the figure below:
The graph demonstrates a vast improvement in human mortality related to all extreme weather events over a 100-year span from 1920 to 2021. Source: Dr. Bjorn Lomborg, data from International Disaster Database published in ScienceDirect.
As detailed on Climate at a Glance, the dramatic decline in weather-related fatalities is due to,
Humanity's ability to anticipate and adapt to extreme weather has improved exponentially, saving millions of lives and mitigating the impacts of natural disasters.
Far from being more vulnerable, we are more resilient than ever before.
Additionally, Watts Up With That highlights that,
This underscores the importance of context, reminding readers that cherry-picking extreme events while ignoring overall trends leads to badly skewed public perceptions and expensive government policy missteps.
Another flaw in the WMO's argument is,
While the climate system can be influenced by some anthropogenic factors, it is also highly subject to natural variability.
Phenomena such as, ...play much larger roles in shaping weather patterns and must be considered when assessing the causes of extreme events.
For instance, the WMO's article references record-breaking rainfall and floods in 2024, implying these are "unprecedented"...
However, as noted by Climate Realism,
Ignoring this historical context creates a distorted view of current conditions and fosters unnecessary alarmism.
The WMO's approach is emblematic of a broader trend in climate reporting:
This tactic is not only scientifically flawed but also dangerously misleading.
By conflating weather and climate, such narratives erode public trust in science and promote policies that are often more harmful than the phenomena they aim to address.
Such alarmist rhetoric has real-world consequences,
For example,
The WMO's "Climate Change Impacts Grip Globe in 2024" exemplifies the misuse of short-term weather events to promote a long-term climate crisis narrative.
Such sensationalism,
The public should hold climate reporting to a higher standard - one that prioritizes scientific accuracy over sensationalist headlines.
The stakes are too high for anything less...
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