Nature Retracts Study Predicting Catastrophic Climate Toll - The New York Times
The story is useless unless there are consequences for Leonie Wenz and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research...they have done real damage.
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While growing evidence shows that carbon emissions are harming the economy, the journal Nature found that an outlier paper had deep flaws.
In April 2024, the prestigious journal Nature released a study finding that climate change would cause far more economic damage by the end of the century than previous estimates had suggested. The conclusion grabbed headlines and citations around the world, and was incorporated in risk management scenarios used by central banks.
On Wednesday, Nature retracted it, adding to the debate on the extent of climate change's toll on society.
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"The paper does not provide additional evidence of economic damages from climate change, nor can it serve as a basis for reliable future projections,"
The story is useless unless there are consequences for Leonie Wenz and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research...they have done real damage.
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The study was led by Leonie Wenz, an economist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, and Maximilian Kotz, who was a postdoctoral researcher at the institute. The team devised several novel techniques to more comprehensively capture climate change's economic ramifications.
