Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-25 08:47:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3D21CD66ED6894509A35C274CEF9B96F13B0BAAEC25470C685E46EE79EC40B48
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Original Note:
There is no peer-reviewed evidence whatsoever that climate change policies kill more people than climate change itself. Worldwide, extreme weather disasters made worse by climate change caused more than 2 million deaths between 1970 and 2021. https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/weather-related-disasters-increase-over-past-50-years-causing-more-damage-fewer Additional sources: https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/07-11-2022-statement---climate-change-is-already-killing-us--but-strong-action-now-can-prevent-more-deaths https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/05/1136897 https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/news/fossil-fuel-air-pollution-responsible-for-1-in-5-deaths-worldwide/ https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/climate-shift-index-global-july-2023
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