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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 | Extreme weather events
Czech Republic

What happened to the temporary bridge in the flood-hit Czech village?

Demagog Czechia
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 | Conspiracy theories

Firefighters deliberately set fire to forests

Funky Citizens
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 | Fossil fuels
United States

The claim of the former editor-in-chief of a Slovenian weekly newspaper Democracy that there is no link between CO2 and global warming is not true.

Oštro
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 | Renewables

No, new study does not show that living near windmills causes serious health problems

Factcheck.Vlaanderen
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 | Extreme weather events
Poland

Climate change likely factor in Central Europe floods, scientists say

AFP
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 | Renewables

Cristian Terheș claims that coal-fired power plants do not pollute

Funky Citizens
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 | Extreme weather events

Cyclone Boris was deliberately provoked to destroy the most important Romanian agricultural areas

Funky Citizens
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 | Renewables

Social media posts mislead about the impact of solar parks on climate

AFP
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 | Other
France

No, wheat, cocoa, coffee, beer and tomatoes are not going to disappear, but climate change is generally reducing agricultural yields

Science Feedback
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 | Other
United States

Prioritizing plant-based foods in our diet can benefit climate and health, but Forbes article missed some key details

Science Feedback
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 | Other

“fertilization effect” of CO2 against climate crisis void

Austria Presse Agentur
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 | Other

This video on the “global warming scam” accumulates shortcuts and misleading statements

AFP
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 | Renewables
Greece

The reference to a study on temperature rise from the use of wind turbines is misleading

FactReview
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 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution

Report on cooling of the Atlantic around the equator does not refute climate change

AFP
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 | Extreme weather events

Change in the design of weather maps does not prove that the media are deceiving about climate change

AFP
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 | Renewables
United States

No, wind turbines are not likely to fall on your head, and there is no evidence that wind is more dangerous than other energy sources

Science Feedback
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 | Transport
Australia

Diesel generators do not charge most electric vehicles

Science Feedback
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 | Conspiracy theories
France

Climate change is due to human activities and not to the decrease in cloud cover

AFP
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 | Other
France

The temporary cooling of part of the Atlantic does not call into question the severity of global warming

Science Feedback
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SV

Helicopter spraying of mosquitoes in Salvador raises suspicions in the network

Faktoje
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United Kingdom

AstraZeneca published the risk of side effects in vaccines

Faktoje

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