Carbon emissions are rising, and faster than most scientists predicted.

But many climate change alarmists seem to claim that all climate change is worse than expected.

This ignores that much of the data is actually more encouraging than expected.

Yes, Arctic sea ice is melting faster than models expected, but models also predicted that

and Arctic sea ice would decrease, yet and Arctic sea ice is increasing.

Yes, sea levels are rising, but the rise is not accelerating.

If anything, two recent papers won by Chinese scientists published in January 2014,

and the other by US scientists published in May 2013 have shown a small decline in the rate of

sea level increase. We're often being told that we're seeing more and more droughts,

but a study published in March 2014 in the journal Nature actually shows a decrease in the

world's surface that has been afflicted by droughts since 1982.

Facts like these are important because a one-side focus on worst-case stories is a poor foundation

for sound policies. Hurricanes are likewise used as an example of things getting worse.

But look at the US where we have the best statistics. If we adjust for population and wealth,

Hurricane Damage during the period of 1900 to 2013 actually decreased slightly.

At the UN Climate Conference in Lima, Peru, in December 2014, attendees were told that their

countries should cut carbon emissions to avoid future damage from storms like typhoon

hacopit, which hit the Philippines during the conference, killing at least 21 people and forcing

more than a million into shelters. Yet the trend for strong typhoons around the Philippines

have actually declined since 1950, according to study published in 2012 by the Journal of Climate.

Again, we're told that all things are getting worse, but the facts don't support this.

This does not mean global warming is not real or a problem, but the one-side story of alarmism

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