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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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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 | Renewables
Greece

This photo with photovoltaics is NOT from Greece

Ellinika Hoaxes
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 | Renewables
Germany

Wind turbines are climate-friendly and save more CO2 than their production causes

AFP
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 | Extreme weather events
Germany

Why a flood marker in Passau cannot call climate change into question

Correctiv
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Unlike millions of years ago, when it was even warmer, the current increase in CO2 is caused by humans

Factcheck.Vlaanderen
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More CO2 in the atmosphere causes higher temperatures

Factcheck.Vlaanderen
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 | Extreme weather events
Sweden

Manipulating the message of weather and climate? These maps are not proof

Demagog Poland
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 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution

Climate change: Why several regions are warming faster than the rest of the world

Correctiv
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Australia

The Great Barrier Reef is massively threatened, despite coral growth

AFP
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 | Conspiracy theories
Greece

Claims that Sahara dust comes from “kemtrails” are false

AFP
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Attention to these publications, which compare CO2 emissions linked to volcanic eruptions and those related to agriculture

AFP
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 | Water & Cryosphere
Malta

Photo of baths in Malta does not refute sea level rise

Correctiv
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 | Extreme weather events
Greece

Serifos fire is misleadingly linked to cancelled wind farm project

AFP
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 | Waste
Spain

This video does not show a Spanish beach after a festival dedicated to environmental protection

AFP
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 | Extreme weather events
Bosnia and Herzegovina

The result of a 2022 laboratory analysis is not proof that 'Saharan sand' is an unnatural phenomenon

AFP
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 | Conspiracy theories
Italy

The CO₂ emitted by volcanic eruptions does not even account for 2% of annual human emissions

Verificat
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 | Extreme weather events
Greece

Video shows controlled fire to prevent forest fires, not arson

AFP
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 | Extreme weather events

An Artificial Sun Would Produce Apocalyptic Storms in Texas

Funky Citizens
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 | Transport
Denmark

Has UEFA punished the Danish national team for courting by plane? We explain

Demagog Poland

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