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Author of 'Best Things First', 'False Alarm', and 'Skeptical Environmentalist', President Copenhagen Consensus: smart solutions through economic prioritization

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1Mar 20, '23Five years ago Greta Thunberg tweeted “Climate change will wipe out all of humanity" in five years Now, she's deleted it96.4×3.6M9.2k2.6k360
2Jun 21, '23Five years ago Greta Thunberg tweeted that “climate change will wipe out all of humanity unless we stop using fossil fuels over the next five years." The tweet is now deleted.71.1×2.7M16k4.8k467
3Jan 1, '23Climate-related disasters killed ever fewer in 2022 — 97.6% less than a century ago Richer and more resilient societies reduce disaster deaths and swamp any potential climate signa55.5×2.1M19k7.1k1.2k
4Jan 20, '23Just silly: John Kerry claims at Davos that 50% of all species have been killed No. The right number is about 0.7% Just one of the many remarkable things he's been saying at Davos50.4×1.9M15k4.4k345
5Aug 19, '23Data: Fire has burned 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙩 area in Europe in a decade Media: constantly shows pics of fire from Greece (much more burn), but ignores Bulgaria, Ukraine, Portugal and all oth35.6×1.3M4k1.4k467
6Nov 29, '23Paris climate policy will cost a sizable fraction of 21st century prosperity Two new, explosive, peer-reviewed papers show net-zero/1.5°C : Benefit $4.5 trillion/year Cost $26.8 tr32.3×1.2M4.1k1.6k693
7Jan 5, '23Paul Ehrlich has been wrong about almost everything In 1970, he predicted the world would utterly break down before 1985. It would be unable to support humanity Didn't happen That'24.8×934k4.6k1.1k141
8Jan 11, '23Doesn't fit the narrative, but Great Barrier Reef: Better than ever Two-thirds of all reefs hit all-time high in 2022 Thead:22.6×850k10k3.4k419
9Mar 4, '23Quite astounding: Sweden took a lot of flack for its Covid19 policies But actually, Sweden has done best in Europe over 2020-22 measuring excess mortality in percent of total morta21.9×825k5k1.4k511
10Feb 16, '24Misinformation experts are perhaps not quite unbiased "Experts leaned strongly toward the left of the political spectrum" Data from Harvard Misinformation Review, survey of 150 mis20.2×762k6.2k2.1k1.4k
11Aug 7, '23Data: Fire has burned 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙩 area in Europe in a decade Media: constantly shows pics of fire from Greece (much more burn), but ignores Bulgaria, Ukraine, Portugal and all oth19.8×748k4.4k1.7k597
12Dec 2, '24Congrats on going green! The UK is leading the world in decarbonizing and switching to renewables Quite predictably, this means: The UK now has some of the highest household electr18.8×707k4.4k1.4k517
13Mar 15, '25Climate campaigners tell you green is cheap It isn't Global green transition cost is now $14+ trillion, rising with over $2 trillion/year (2% of global GDP) 105x our spending to av18.5×699k3.6k1.4k626
14Jan 29, '23Hurricanes in 2022 were unprecedented — as in 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸 Globally, 2022 had the 2nd weakest hurricanes in the satellite era (1980-2022) Did you see tha17.9×674k5.8k1.9k362
15Aug 1, '23Satellites: world is burning ever 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 Media: world is burning ever 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 This falsely scares everyone And that's not okay17.3×653k6.1k2.2k795
16Jul 22, '23"But it is not good news": how climate science has to be presented today Greening is good Imagine if the researchers had found that Peru had become less green Yet, all stories have17.1×644k2.8k576117
17Jan 2, '24Congrats to Germany Super-expensive but ineffective climate policies mean De-industrialization with small climate benefit15.5×585k2.9k943225
18Aug 21, '24Climate oops Keeping nuclear in 2002 would have saved Germany half a trillion euro and today produced more CO₂-free power than all renewables Had Germany invested in more nuclear f14.8×559k7.5k2.7k1k
19Feb 8, '25Scandalous — why not reported everywhere? EU paid green groups millions to lobby EU to make stricter green policies Our taxes are used to tax us more Revealed by De Telegraaf, Holl14.6×551k12k4.7k1.1k
20Jan 2, '25The cheap green lie You are told that solar and wind are cheap But cramming in more solar and wind just makes power more and more costly because solar and wind are worthless when n14.4×542k4.7k1.7k854
21May 27, '23Your risk of dying from climate-related disasters dropped 99% since 1920. This is because richer societies are much more resilient to disasters Read more in my peer-reviewed articl13.9×525k4.7k1.7k360
22Nov 23, '24The fundamental immorality of prioritizing climate trillions to achieve little a century from now When people across the world struggle with poverty, disease, malnutrition, and bad13.9×522k7.6k2.3k656
23Jan 3, '23What is the world’s deadliest environmental problem? Not climate Outdoor and indoor air pollution Let’s not get so scared about climate that we forget the much bigger problems Read13.7×516k3.1k812155
24Jul 31, '23Do we live in a world on fire? For more than two decades, satellites have recorded fires across the planet’s surface. The data are unequivocal: Since the early 2000s, when 3% of th12.2×462k4.5k1.5k486
25Jan 25, '25The myth that the green energy transition is inevitable and will make cheap electricity for everyone is one of the most dangerous self-delusions of the global elite My piece for Su12×451k10k3.2k840
26Jun 1, '23Did you know that hurricanes hitting the US are not more but slightly less frequent? That climate disaster costs are declining? That our current climate policies costs a lot and de11.9×450k4.6k1.5k352
27Mar 23, '24Misinformation experts are perhaps not quite unbiased "Experts leaned strongly toward the left of the political spectrum" Data from Harvard Misinformation Review, survey of 150 mis11.7×443k3.8k1.3k613
28Aug 1, '23Climate alarmists scare us of ever more fire But satellites show the world is burning ever 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 In 2022, the world burned the least ever in the satellite era Why haven't you se11.5×433k4.7k1.8k612
29Jul 2, '24Doesn't fit the narrative, but 2024 record coral cover for Great Barrier Reef Based on official data for all 11 sectors of GBR, Last three years, 2022-2024, have been unprecedented11.4×428k5.9k2.2k988
30Jul 13, '25NYTimes and many other suggest that the more solar and wind, the cheaper the electricity The data shows otherwise — there are no countries with lots of solar and wind and low price11.1×417k5.6k2.1k1k
32Aug 24, '23Doesn't fit the narrative, but Great Barrier Reef: The last two years: Best ever on record Did you see that reported anywhere?10.6×398k4.9k2k411
33Jul 6, '24Today, the Great Barrier Reef is better than ever But 12 years ago, we were told about the "Great Reef Catastrophe" and how the reef would be almost gone today Moral of the story: 10.5×397k4.9k1.6k809
34Dec 2, '23Yeah! Best Things First just named one of 2023 Best Books How do most good in world: For $35bn/yr save 4.2 million lives & make the poorer world $1.1 trillion richer—every year10.4×393k1.3k299157
35Sep 29, '23This is how crazy climate alarmism has becoming 41% of French people are in favor of max 4 flights 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 Let's just say this once more Climate is a pr10.3×387k2.9k62088
36Aug 15, '23Study shows that people who possess 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 overall environmental knowledge or climate-specific knowledge experience 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 climate change anxiety (and less knowledge, more anxi10.2×386k3.3k1k201
37Jan 10, '24Electricity is now so expensive that the average German used less electricity in 2023 than in 1978 Greens praise the lower emissions but German de-industrialization is nothing to c10.2×384k3.6k1.1k274
38Dec 28, '24The UN wants to control climate information so you only hear facts that "boost support for urgent climate action" That's just blatant activism Imagine a similar initiative for info10.2×383k3.1k995189
39Jul 7, '24Disinformation on climate: "Extreme heat is the number one weather-related killer in the US" No, it is not Cold kills 25x more: 152,000 Americans each year Extreme cold kills 12,009.6×362k2.8k1.1k281
40Aug 9, '24Great Barrier Reef never better Annual measurements since 1986 show their highest point for 2024 But you won't know because 1) The measuring institute stopped publishing a reef-wid8.9×335k3.6k1.3k627
41Nov 27, '22Polar bear population increasing But doesn't fit climate narrative, so info cancelled Reality: Polar bears were intensely hunted 1976 world banned much hunting Polar bear populatio8.8×024k6.9k1.2k
42Jan 19, '23Al Gore climate catastrophizing in Davos No, oceans not boiling No, you can't just claim a billion refugees — in 2005 UN predicted 50m refugees by 2010 Didn't happen, got scrubbed 8.7×329k3.4k80073
43Aug 12, '23This has to stop: AP makes up story to blame Hawaii fires on climate Peer-reviewed science finds no climate signal in Hawaii drought In unrelated news: AP gets $8 million to push c8.6×325k3.8k1.5k244
44Aug 14, '23Satellites: world is burning ever 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 Media: world is burning ever 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 This falsely scares everyone And that's not okay8.6×324k5.3k1.9k621
45Jan 16, '23The UN asked 10 million people their top priorities Top: education, jobs, health, nutrition Bottom: climate change Read my 2020 peer-reviewed article:7.8×293k4.6k1.6k166
46Feb 3, '23Embarrasing Climate activists skipped court for their blockade last fall Instead, they went on holiday to Asia Their defense? "They booked their flights as private people, not as c7.6×285k4.8k97280
47Dec 25, '22We need to stop scaring kids about global warming. Climate change is a problem, but not a meteor hurtling toward Earth to destroy humanity.7.6×285k4.5k63870
48Aug 17, '23The UN asked 10 million people their top priorities Top: education, jobs, health, nutrition Bottom: climate change Read my 2020 peer-reviewed article:7.3×276k3.4k1.1k247
49Sep 3, '23Great Barrier Reef report by the Australian Academy of Science: Lots of facts and figures on gender and race of participants But it forgot to mention 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙛 𝙞𝙨 𝙙7.2×270k2.9k1.1k276
50Feb 4, '23Blaming Climate Change7.1×267k3.8k78165
51Aug 3, '24Fake news doesn't just come from foreign enemies Friday, WHO claimed that 175,000 Europeans died from extreme heat I pointed out that was untrue, almost 4x exaggerated Saturday mor6.8×255k3.4k1.4k477
52Dec 23, '22This can't go on: We used to spend 4% of global GDP on energy Now, we spend 14% Current energy crisis costs us 10% or $10 trillion each year (caused both by war in Ukraine and bad,6.7×253k3.4k912107
53Apr 30, '25Two days ago, Spain lost 55% of its power, most from solar Perception: Everyone wants to blame anything but renewables Reality: With renewables, the grid gets vulnerable (missing i6.6×251k5.2k1.5k532
54Nov 5, '22Polar bears used to be the poster child of climate change. But their numbers have been increasing: from 5-10k #polarbears in the 1960s, up to around 26k today. We don’t hear this n6.6×016k6.3k545
55Sep 16, '24The polar bear used to be the emblem of climate apocalypse. And then in the 2010s, campaigners just stopped talking about them. Why? It finally became impossible to ignore that the6.5×246k6.7k1.9k505
56Jan 31, '25Your risk of dying from climate-related disasters dropped 99% since 1920. This is because richer societies are much more resilient to disasters Read more in my peer-reviewed articl6.3×238k3.7k1.1k583
57Jun 29, '25Hilarious: US Senator, straight-faced, warns of electricity shortages if solar isn't continuously subsidized Reality: Without endless subsidies, power companies will buy the cheape5.5×207k3.1k67173
58Mar 16, '25The EU is battling high energy costs because of renewables Yet, they have the temerity to claim they will reduce power bills with more renewables Renewables are the problem: as the5.5×207k3.6k1.2k527
59Jan 24, '25Congrats on going green! The UK is leading the world in decarbonizing and switching to renewables Quite predictably, this means: The UK now has some of the highest household electr5.5×206k3.5k1.2k319
60Mar 19, '25Electricity prices in the UK tripled mostly because of climate policies But sure, be proud that "energy transitions are possible" With enough of other people's money, anything is p4.9×184k3.5k1.1k241
61Feb 14, '25Scandalous — why not reported everywhere? EU paid green groups millions to lobby EU to make stricter green policies Our taxes are used to tax us more Revealed by De Telegraaf, Holl4.8×182k4.7k1.9k391
62Aug 7, '25Media: Great Barrier Reef devastated! Reality: After hitting unprecedented highs in 2022-24, coral cover in 2025 is 'only' the 4th highest ever recorded Look at the data, not the h4.7×177k4.2k1.4k661
63Jul 21, '24Today, the Great Barrier Reef is better than ever But 12 years ago, we were told about the "Great Reef Catastrophe" and how the reef would be almost gone today Moral of the story: 4.6×172k3.9k1.3k421
64Jan 13, '24As cold envelops the Northern Hemisphere, stay warm! Despite the climate narrative, almost everywhere cold is much more deadly than heat Cheap and reliable energy to keep us warm u3.7×141k3.2k1.2k247
65Dec 6, '22Polar bears used to be the poster child of climate change. But their numbers have been increasing: from 5-10k #polarbears in the 1960s, up to around 26k today. We don’t hear this n3.6×08.9k3.4k237
66Oct 14, '22Polar bears used to be the poster child of climate change. But their numbers have been increasing: from 5-10k #polarbears in the 1960s, up to around 26k today. We don’t hear this n3.5×08.3k3.3k342
67Aug 22, '24We're not being informed well: This week, Nature magazine (and most other media) played up a new paper predicting the end of the Great Barrier Reef Same week, the actual data: neve3.4×128k3k1.1k365
68Mar 16, '25Terrible: To get money for its defense now, Germany will enshrine net-zero by 2045 in its constitution Net-zero means that by 2045 Germany will be impoverished, deindustrialized — 3.3×126k3.5k936161
69Feb 25, '25"The climate conversation has gone off the rails: First, people say that global warming is the end of the world Second, they also claim the green transition will make energy cheape3.1×117k3.8k1.2k719
70Nov 12, '24The elite use false, emotional climate arguments to take trillions of your money Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, in Financial Times: 'Extreme weather rui3.1×115k3.4k1.3k473
71Jan 26, '19Why is the World Economic Forum taking climate advice from a 16 year old climate campaigner instead of the world’s only Nobel climate economist?2.9×07.3k2.6k96
72Jul 18, '24There are consequences to climate action: Founder of Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion sentenced to 5 years prison for planning “the biggest disruption in British modern histo2.9×110k2.9k616115
73Feb 9, '25In Germany, it seems the government is spending taxpayer money on demonstrations against the opposition Those governing for us shouldn't be spending our money to lobby us2.9×109k3.3k902183
74May 28, '25Data shows a strong correlation between more solar and wind and much higher energy prices. In a country with little or no solar and wind, the average electricity cost is ~11¢ per k2.9×108k3.7k1.3k362
75Aug 8, '21UN routinely warns us that we have just a few years left until catastrophe: In 1972, half a century ago, Maurice Strong, first UN Environment Programme director warned that the wor2.8×05.2k2.5k624
76Dec 26, '24Currently, batteries can power the US for less than 7 minutes To avoid blackouts, solar and wind need months of storage, costing trillions Fossil fuels don't need storage because t2.7×102k3.2k1k372
77Apr 1, '25The electric car is widely seen as a simple, clean solution to climate change. In reality, it’s inefficient, relies on massive subsidies and leaves behind a trail of pollution and 2.7×102k3.2k1.3k733
78Nov 22, '24Net zero hypocrisy: The UK has sent 470 delegates to the ongoing climate conference, including seven ministers, more than 100 civil servants and two official videographers That is 2.7×101k3.4k1k162
79Mar 11, '25Nearly half of young Canadians believe we're doomed because of climate change. No wonder. They've grown up bombarded both by footage of natural disasters, and by activists’ claims 2.7×101k3.7k1.2k506
80Nov 26, '22𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 Each year, heat kills half a million people but cold kills 4.5 million people — 𝟵𝘅 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 Yet, most reporting focus on h2.4×05.7k2.1k403
81May 8, '25The claim that cheap solar and wind energy is taking over from fossil fuels is a dangerous, expensive lie. There's a clear correlation between more solar and wind and much higher a2.3×87k3k1.1k322
82Jul 9, '24Your risk of dying from climate-related disasters dropped 99% since 1920. This is because richer societies are much more resilient to disasters Read more in my peer-reviewed articl2.3×85k3.1k1.1k386
83Feb 20, '25In Germany, it seems the government is spending taxpayer money on demonstrations against the opposition Those governing for us shouldn't be spending our money to lobby us2.2×84k2.9k708124
84Oct 4, '24The polar bear used to be the emblem of climate apocalypse. And then in the 2010s, campaigners just stopped talking about them. Why? It finally became impossible to ignore that the2.2×83k4.6k1.3k331
85Jan 16, '25Climate oops Climate models say the Gulf Stream (AMOC) is declining and climate campaigners scare you, insisting climate will shut it down and plunge Europe into an ice age Reality2.2×82k2.9k1k464
86Dec 11, '22As winter descends in Northern hemisphere, stay warm! Despite the climate narrative, almost everywhere cold is much more deadly than heat Cheap and reliable energy to keep us warm 2.1×05.6k1.6k240
87Mar 5, '25The myth that the green energy transition is inevitable and will make cheap electricity for everyone is one of the most dangerous self-delusions of the global elite. From my latest2.0×77k3.4k1.2k389
88Jun 17, '19You must reuse an organic cotton shopping bag 20,000 times before it will have less climate damage than a plastic bag.2.0×04.2k2k170
89Oct 9, '24Being stupid has real-world consequences Prison sentences for soup on Van Gogh Judge: “You clearly think your beliefs give you the right to commit crimes when you feel like it. You2.0×76k3.6k47450
90Sep 27, '19Greta Thunberg believes that climate change means "people are dying", but the fact is that the number of deaths due to weather-related disasters has decreased 95% over the past cen2.0×04.9k1.8k122
91Nov 8, '18Changes in CO₂ emissions from energy last 2017 Surprisingly, the US, out of Paris, led the world in reducing emissions Why? Cheap shale gas, with half the CO₂ emissions of coal, wh1.9×03.8k2k107
92Jul 17, '24Disinformation on climate: "Extreme heat is the number one weather-related killer in the US" No, it is not Cold kills 25x more: 152,000 Americans each year Extreme cold kills 12,001.8×68k2.3k812193
93Oct 30, '22Dishonest climate report: Temperature rises cause heat death to kill 68% more old people No. Almost entirely because the world has many more old people The deceptive 68% claim floo1.8×04.9k1.3k251
94Oct 10, '2279% of all global energy comes from fossil fuels Renewables produce 16% most of it from wood (11%) and hydro (3%) Solar + wind is 1.8% of global primary energy , p2941.8×03.5k1.7k428
95Feb 7, '22Electric cars won't save the planet. The IEA estimates that if every nation achieves their ambitious EV targets, it will reduce CO2 emissions in this decade by 235 million tons. Th1.6×03.3k1.6k249
96Aug 7, '22Doesn't fit the narrative, but Great Barrier Reef: Better than ever Two-thirds of all reefs hit all-time high in 20221.6×03.9k1.3k246
97Aug 8, '22Today, the Great Barrier Reef is better than ever But ten years ago, we were told about the "Great Reef Catastrophe" and how the reef would be almost gone today Moral of the story:1.5×03.8k1.3k240
98Dec 7, '19So, Denmark just passed its new climate law with everyone cheering But no estimate of costs: Truth is, additional cost is 1-6% of GDP (>$120bn) No estimates of benefits: Truth i1.5×03.9k1.2k63
99Aug 6, '21Blaming deadly weather events on climate change instead of taking responsibility for mismanaging flood warning systems or forest management is convenient for politicians. But their1.5×03.4k1.4k178
100Aug 16, '19Hilarious Greta's boat trip to the US might emit 6x a flight, because the 5 people taking the boat back will fly over to NYC1.4×02.9k1.3k20
101Dec 3, '22We need to stop scaring kids about global warming. Climate change is a problem, but not a meteor hurtling toward Earth to destroy humanity.1.2×03.9k60564

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