In his COP-25
opening speech,
many of the claims
made by the
UN Secretary General
Antonio Guterres
were completely
made up claims.
made up claims.
In one sentence,
below,
below,
Mr. Guterres made
three false claims,
which may be
a world record
for one climate
change sentence !
which may be
a world record
for one climate
change sentence !
"Climate related disasters are becoming more frequent, more deadly, more destructive with growing human and financial cost.”
All three claims above are lies !
Guterres lie #1:
A greater number of deaths
from climate-related disasters.
The Truth:
A 98% reduction of deaths
since 1930, which are now
at the lowest level in history:
Guterres lie #2:
Increasing number of
climate related disasters
The Truth:
Climate-related disaster counts
have fallen steadily since 2000
and are in a long term downtrend:
.
..
.
Guterres lie #3:
Cost of disasters
is increasing.
The Truth:
Chart below shows
costs, as a percentage
of GDP, are in a
long term downtrend:
long term downtrend: