So the Stern Review, which was supposed to blow away all economic objections to Kyoto-style action on global warming, already stands revealed as overblown. Roger Pielke Jr reveals how the report cherry-picked information on disasters to serve as the basis for its claims of increased costs from disasters as a result of global warming. Economist Richard Tol, one of the acknowledged experts on economic analysis of the costs of global warming, uses Roger’s site to term the review “more alarmist and less competent” than even Bjorn Lomborg had feared.

No reason to lose any sleep over this one, unless you are concerned about the reputation of the Second Permanent Secretary at Her Majesty’s Treasury