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Browse verified fact-checks and debunks addressing misinformation and disinformation about climate change, curated by European fact-checking organizations.

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 | Renewables
France

There is a plan to open a lithium mine in France

AFP
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No, France did not ban wind turbines

Correctiv
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United States

Most used wind turbine blades go to waste, but their footprint is still relatively small

Science Feedback
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 | Extreme weather events
Finland

Old news story used to downplay climate change

AFP
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 | Renewables
Serbia

Nature did not shy away from the published paper on the impact of lithium mining in Serbia

AFP
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Statements by Danish climate researcher Steffensen do not refute man-made climate change

Correctiv
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 | Other
Malta

Photo of sea baths in Malta does not refute sea level rise

Ellinika Hoaxes
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 | Extreme weather events
United States

Global warming is endangering health

AFP
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According to measurements, sea levels are also rising in Sydney — photos are no proof to the contrary

Correctiv
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Greenhouses in Holland use CO2 emissions from industrial companies

Correctiv
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 | Extreme weather events
Romania

The High Temperatures of the 1930s Don't Mean Climate Change Is Exaggerated

AFP
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Climate change: Volcanoes emit much less CO2 per year than humans

Correctiv
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Low tide on the Rhine in 1921: Why this historic photo says nothing about climate change

Correctiv
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 | Other

Climate scientists take urbanization into account when measuring global temperatures

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 | Waste

Olympic Games 2024: A wave of news about the cleanliness of the Seine

AFP
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 | Conspiracy theories
Czech Republic

Lab results do not prove deliberate spraying of 'toxic' Saharan sand

AFP
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 | Renewables
Greece

This 2021 photo shows solar panels in India, not the photovoltaic park in Kozani

AFP
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 | Extreme weather events

Headlines about different regions warming faster than average don't show climate change is a 'hoax'

AFP
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 | Other
United States

Kamala Harris is not asking to reduce the population, it's a misreading during a speech

EFE Verifica
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 | Extreme weather events
Spain

A thermometer with 44 degrees in Madrid in 1989 does not prove that Spain always had the same heat

AFP
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 | Extreme weather events
Greece

Past heat records do not undo climate change

AFP

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