1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="szbvfJng5t"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/climate-chaos-un-says-natural-disasters-caused-70-fewer-deaths-in-2015/">Climate Chaos? UN Says Natural Disasters Caused 70% Fewer Deaths In 2015</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/climate-chaos-un-says-natural-disasters-caused-70-fewer-deaths-in-2015/embed/#?secret=szbvfJng5t" width="600" height="338" title="“Climate Chaos? UN Says Natural Disasters Caused 70% Fewer Deaths In 2015” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="szbvfJng5t" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Environmentalists have warned global warming would mean more people being killed by natural disasters, but new United Nations data shows deaths from natural disasters declined by 70 percent in 2015 relative to the average number of deaths of the previous 10 years. "The U.N. reports that environmental disasters affected fewer people last year than the average of the 10 years prior," Chip Knappenberger, a climate scientist at the libertarian Cato Institute, told The Daily Caller News Foundation. "This, despite 2015 being the 'warmest year on record' and the regional impacts of a strong El Nino — which can be both negative and positive in terms of disasters."https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics9_drought.jpg