Vivek Ramaswamy, a U.S. presidential candidate for the Republican Party, tweeted that climate disaster death rates have declined by 98% over the last century, but his claim that the average person is 50 times less likely to die of a climate-related cause than in 1920 is mathematically incorrect, as it's approximately 32 times less likely; furthermore, fossil fuel-related deaths have been higher than previously thought, accounting for 18% of global deaths in 2018, though fossil fuel consumption does help grow the economy.

The effects of climate change, both in terms of repairing damage from natural disasters as well as loss of revenue, will come with a high price tag, costing trillions of dollars to U.S. taxpayers and the government annually.