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The Climate Cost Conspiracy: Inflating Economic Damages for Profit

The Climate Cost Conspiracy: Inflating Economic Damages for Profit

A Critical Look at the Overstated Economic Damages from Global Warming

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Dr. Matthew Wielicki
May 19, 2024
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The non-peer-reviewed recent paper claiming that global temperature increases drastically harm economic activity is a prime example of the climate industrial complex inflating costs. The assertion that a 1°C rise in global temperature could lower world GDP by 12% at its peak starkly contrasts with empirical data suggesting a reduction of merely 1-3%. Th…

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