Media Championed Study Overstating Climate Damages, Went Radio Silent As Major Flaws Emerged
Only one major media outlet reported the study’s errors, while most ignored the scandal.
by Kevin Killough August 20, 2025, 2:52 PM
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When a study published last year in the peer-reviewed journal Nature found that climate change would cost the globe $38 trillion per year by 2050 — ultimately reducing GDP by 19% over the next 24 years — many media outlets were quick to jump on it. [emphasis, links added]
“Climate change will make you poorer,” CNN warned. The Guardian reported on the study under the headline, “Climate crisis: average world incomes to diminish by nearly a fifth by 2050.”
Reuters and Forbes also carried articles on the study, and the Associated Press reported that “New study calculates climate change’s economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049.”
https://climatechangedispatch.com/climate-study-damages-media-silence-major-flaws/
