Five hours ago Joe Biden said climate change will "threaten... literally, the existence of our planet" — if, that is, we don't take global action

That is as false as anything Twitter or Facebook have censored

And nobody in media have fact-checked it

Until now

THREAD https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1343939833765519361

First, climate change does NOT threaten "the very existence of our planet"

That is ridiculous. Not even the most ridiculous apocalyptic environmentalists say that

There was once the idea that Earth could become like Venus but nobody even believes that any more

A well-known climate scientist once told me that he & colleagues had attempted to model what it would take to create a Venus atmosphere on Earth with CO2 emissions. It required dedicating more that total GDP globally to the task simply of pumping CO2 into atmosphere

But Venus aside, there isn't even a science *fiction* scenario where climate change "literally threatens the existence of our planet"

How would such a thing even occur? There's not even a mechanism. The worst anyone could imagine was Venus and Venus still exists.

Moving on..

Biden said, "Without clear approach from other... emitters... storms will continue to worsen"

False again!

- Deaths from hurricanes have declined 90% in 100 years

- Every major scientific review says deaths from disasters *will continue to decline* https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1333234568225144832?s=20

In fact, deaths from natural disasters are at their lowest level in 120 years

Just 2,900 people died from natural disasters in the first half of 2020, which is far lower than the average figures for the last decade

Data: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2020/08/27/why-deaths-from-hurricanes-and-other-natural-disasters-are-lower-than-ever/?sh=8243b4f1396e

Neither the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) nor any other reputable scientific body predicts a reversal in the long-term trend of declining deaths, even if temperatures rise another three degrees or more.

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