Explore Articles: Fact-Checking Climate Data

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

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 | Transport
United Kingdom

A British study did not find that electric cars pollute the air more than cars with internal combustion engines

AFP
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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dust from the Sahara sprayed by airplanes? A handful of fake content

Demagog Poland
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European Union

Clean Transport Zones in Europe. What rules do they have?

Demagog Poland
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Poland

The European Union wants to ban toilet paper? False

Demagog Poland
Prebunk
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

After the last rains, reservoirs reach 63% of their capacity, five points more than the previous week

Newtral
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 | Transport

Report does not find that electric vehicles pollute more than petrol-powered vehicles

AFP
Prebunk
 | Other
Spain

Disinformation, facts and context about the expropriations of beach houses in Spain

Maldita
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 | Extreme weather events
Spain

No, this video showing “gigantic waves” sweeping balconies in Tenerife is not current: it's from 2018

Maldita
Prebunk
 | Extreme weather events
Italy

Climate change puts good wine production at risk in Spain, Italy and Greece

Newtral
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Poland

Does CO₂ emissions not affect the climate? Reliable sources say otherwise

Demagog Poland
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 | Transport

Social media posts misinterpret Volvo study

AFP
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Iceland

This image of sea ice between Greenland and Iceland does not deny global warming

Facta news
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 | Conspiracy theories
Croatia

Attempt to create “artificial rain”; by seeding clouds is not proof that chemtrails exist

Faktograf
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France

Are electric police vans really powered by a generator?

Delfi Lithuania
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Denmark

Data shows temperatures rising in Greenland and around the world; current global warming is driven by CO2, not solar activity

Science Feedback
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 | Conspiracy theories

The WEF did not call for banning home-grown food to “combat climate change”

AFP
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 | Extreme weather events
Brazil

HRT got it wrong with the temperatures in Brazil. This does not mean that global warming does not exist

Faktograf
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Poland

Is this a picture from a farmers' protest? No, it is the work of AI

Demagog Poland
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Are forest areas intentionally burned to cause climate change?

Delfi Lithuania
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 | Extreme weather events
Norway

Misinformation about Arctic ice in October 2023: it neither closed the northern maritime route nor did it record growth

Maldita
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Poland

The eruption of a volcano affects the climate the same way as humans? False

Demagog Poland

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