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Junk Science Week — Matthew Lau: We don’t need climate-change NGOs telling us where to live
Such projections are, of course, rife with uncertainty and riddled with guesses. Consider the Climate Institute’s claim that according to its modelling exercise, “more than 540,000 homes could be built in areas of flood hazard by 2030, resulting in up to $2 billion every year in additional damages to housing in Canada from flooding alone.” The words “could be” and “up to” do significant lifting: indeed, the low-end estimate of increased flood damages is only about one-sixth of the $2-billion figure.