*  See Henderson-Sellers, et al., 1997, “Tropical Cyclones and Global Climate Change: a post-IPCC assessment,” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 79:9–38. C. Nicholls Landsea, et al. “Downward Trend in the Frequency of Intense Atlantic Hurricanes during the past five decades,” Geophysical Research Letters 23:527–30. 1996. According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “Examination of meteorological data fails to support the perception [of increased frequency and severity of extreme climate events] in the context of a long-term climate change.” IPCC 1995, p. 11. “Overall, there is no evidence that extreme weather events, or climate variability, has increased, in a global sense, throughout the twentieth century . . .” IPCC, Climate Change 1995. In the 2001 IPCC report, “No long-term trends evident” for tropical and extratropical storms, and no systematic changes in the “frequency of tornadoes, thunder days, or hail.” Executive summary, p.2. For fuller discussion, see Lomborg, p. 292ff.