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.

Prebunk
 | Water & Cryosphere

Cutting emissions today limits future climate impacts, but certain changes are ‘locked in’ due to past CO2 emissions

Science Feedback
Factcheck
 | Water & Cryosphere
Switzerland

No, the Birch Glacier did not fall on Blatten because it was too heavy

Correctiv
Factcheck
 | Policy
Poland

Video distorts decision of Polish Constitutional Court, which did not rule on Green Deal at all

Demagog Czechia
Factcheck
 | Policy
France

Was the high seas really a “lawless zone”, as Emmanuel Macron claims?

Les Surligneurs
Factcheck
 | Conspiracy theories
United States

Climate change and global warming exist, and Covid-19 is not a fictional disease

Faktograf
Factcheck
 | Conspiracy theories
United States

Florida Bans Geoengineering and Weather Modification, Not Chemtrails

Faktograf
Factcheck
 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution
United Kingdom

Social media claims misrepresent scientific method used by UK Met Office

AFP
Prebunk
 | Extreme weather events
United Kingdom

Heatwave in England to bring temperatures above 32°C (89.6°F) – study finds climate change made this 100 times more likely

Science Feedback
Factcheck
 | Renewables
Germany

Misinformation about the possible closure of Alpha Ventus

Ellinika Hoaxes
Factcheck
 | Policy
European Union

The European Union has not banned the use of chimneys

Newtral
Factcheck
 | Conspiracy theories
Poland

Has HAARP destroyed crops in Poland? It's a conspiracy theory with no basis

Demagog Poland
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Romania

EU has not banned Romanian households from using river water

AFP
Prebunk
 | Renewables
United States

A large solar plant in California is closing – what does it mean for solar power?

Science Feedback
Prebunk
 | Transport

Dispelling myths about electric cars: can it already compete with machines powered by an internal combustion engine?

Delfi Lithuania
Factcheck
 | Other
MM

Glacier melt and heavy rain: Does climate change favor earthquakes?

Correctiv
Prebunk
 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution

We will order the weather and grow glaciers: what secrets does the science of geoengineering hide?

Delfi Lithuania
Prebunk
 | Other
Switzerland

Glacier collapse recently buried a Swiss village – here’s what scientists say triggered the event

Science Feedback
Factcheck
 | Water & Cryosphere

US think tank misleads on ocean acidification threat

AFP
Factcheck
 | Renewables
France

Will it soon be forbidden to water your garden with rainwater?

Les Surligneurs
Factcheck
 | Conspiracy theories

Traces behind the plane have an impact on the warming of the Earth, but not due to “dusting with chemicals”

Faktograf
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

No, the aphelion phenomenon, when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, does not cause a “cold climate” nor does it lead to the flu, cough or difficulty breathing

Maldita

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