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.

Factcheck
 | Fossil fuels & Mining
Spain

Beware of the map that unprovenly links the fires of August 2025 with alleged lithium and rare earth deposits

Maldita
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events

The fires in the wheat fields would have started out of the blue with the new government

Funky Citizens
Prebunk
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

What do we know about the land burned in the fires in Tarifa (Cádiz) and the supposed creation of urban projects there

Newtral
Factcheck
 | Fossil fuels & Mining
Spain

The approval of a mining project in Oencia (León, Spain) in an area affected by the fire: it was done before the fires, but was announced later

Maldita
Prebunk
 | Renewables
Spain

Forest fires to make way for renewables? In most autonomous communities, there is no need to rezone the land, and the exception to the forestry law requires a law for each case

Maldita
Factcheck
 | Water & Cryosphere
Germany

Study on short-term rise of the Antarctic ice sheet misinterpreted online

AFP
Factcheck
 | Renewables
Germany

Cheap electricity – wind turbine costs offset after just a short time

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Factcheck
 | Renewables
Spain

The construction of a photovoltaic plant in Soto del Real was authorized in 2024, months before the Tres Cantos fire

EFE Verifica
Factcheck
 | Conspiracy theories
France

No, natural protected areas do not exclude human activities

AFP
Factcheck
 | Other
United States

Not a star in honor of Putin: Chilean jets are falsely passed off as US aircraft in Alaska

AFP
Prebunk
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

The forest firefighters of Cádiz raised their fists in a protest, but 'La International' did not sound

Newtral
Prebunk
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

Fire prevention: a snapshot of the autonomous regions' fight against fires

Verificat
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Portugal

Is it true that “more than 90% of wildfires in Portugal are caused by human activity”?

Polígrafo
Prebunk
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

The Xunta and the association of forest agents deny that this video shows a UDEX patrol causing a fire

Newtral
Prebunk
 | Extreme weather events
Spain
Extreme heat doesn't affect everyone equally: who are the most at-risk workers

Maldita
Factcheck
 | Energy Systems & Alternatives
Norway

This image of a “floating greenhouse” in Norway is AI-generated

AFP
Prebunk
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

Why fires are concentrated in the west of the peninsula: it's not a conspiracy, but vegetation and climate

Newtral
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

What we know about urban projects in areas affected by fires in Tarifa (Spain)

Maldita
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

The 2030 Agenda does not prohibit cleaning the mountains nor does it establish fines for it

Newtral
Factcheck
 | Conspiracy theories
Spain

An article about urban plans in Tarifa, distorted to fuel the conspiracy of land requalification after fires

Verificat
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

Is it forbidden to clean mountains in Spain? The national forestry law requires landlords to do so and each autonomous community regulates tasks, some through request

Maldita

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