Posts downplaying climate 'emergency' cite paper with cherry-picked evidence

Published on 27/09/2022 at 13:46

Posts viewed thousands of times on social media say there is "no evidence" of a climate emergency, citing a paper published by scientists. The claim is misleading: top climate experts said the paper cherry-picked data and ignored key elements from the latest UN report on climate change. Two of them said the journal that published the paper should withdraw it.

Climate sceptics misrepresent Australia's unaccredited 'record temperature' for 1828

Published on 08/09/2022 at 10:40

Climate 'declaration' recirculates debunked claims

Updated on 09/09/2022 at 15:43

Posts showing US heat records lack climate change context

Updated on 25/08/2022 at 21:08

Interviewee makes false claims about warming, CO2, climate models

Updated on 24/08/2022 at 19:11

Posts misleadingly claim human-caused CO2 emissions are too small to warm planet

Published on 29/07/2022 at 10:59

Posts misuse weather maps to back false climate claims

Published on 26/07/2022 at 18:23

Article misrepresents science on Pacific islands climate threat

Published on 23/07/2022 at 12:25

Declining wildfire area does not disprove climate change's role

Published on 30/06/2022 at 19:12

'Greenwashing': new climate misinformation battleground

Published on 27/06/2022 at 16:34

Photos shared online misidentify pipeline, gold mine

Published on 16/06/2022 at 20:41

Article misleads on effect of cow emissions on global warming

Published on 14/06/2022 at 21:46

Weather map colour was not changed to exaggerate global warming

Published on 08/06/2022 at 22:38

Article misinterprets satellite data to claim sea ice at 30-year high

Published on 03/06/2022 at 20:23

Posts make false claim about France's electric car market

Published on 31/05/2022 at 17:18