{"id":361925,"date":"2025-01-13T16:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=361925"},"modified":"2025-01-13T16:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:33:19","slug":"weather-disaster-losses-continue-to-fall-in-real-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=361925","title":{"rendered":"Weather Disaster Losses Continue to Fall in Real\u00a0Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roger Pielke Jr has updated his disaster database:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Climate Change is Showing its Claws” – by Roger Pielke Jr.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last year, according to Munich Re, weather related disasters cost $298 billion, which they naturally blame on climate change. Noteworthy however is the fact that Swiss Re disagree, identifying economic development as the main driver of increasing economic losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roger\u2019s full analysis is worth reading, but the chart below tells the real story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last year, according to Munich Re, weather related disasters cost $298 billion, which they naturally blame on climate change. Noteworthy however is the fact that Swiss Re disagree, identifying economic development as the main driver of increasing economic losses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":361932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818056,691822212,691832598],"class_list":{"0":"post-361925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-munich-re","10":"tag-weather-related-disasters","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0OIG3-31.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1w9v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":393115,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=393115","url_meta":{"origin":361925,"position":0},"title":"Climate Change Is Not to Blame for the Rising Costs of Natural Disasters, NBC","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/05\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"An NBC New story reports on the rising costs of natural disasters, citing an analysis from one of the world\u2019s largest re-insurers, Munich Re. 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