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
 | Extreme weather events
United States

What really caused the flash floods that killed more than 130 people in Texas?

Delfi Lithuania
Factcheck
 | Waste & Pollution
Portugal

Did Lisbon end up this full of trash 'after the immigrants' religious festival'?

Polígrafo
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Greece

Unsubstantiated claim about the heatwave that struck Greece and Europe in late June

Ellinika Hoaxes
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
France

This study on Earth's high temperatures several million years ago does not question global warming

Les Surligneurs
Factcheck
 | Policy
Italy

Italy has not abandoned the Paris Agreement on climate change as of July 10, 2025

Newtral
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
France

Weather forecast maps are more and more often red: this is explained by the increase in episodes of intense heat, and not a manipulation intended to “scare”

Science Feedback
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Germany

TikTok video does not show a current tornado in Germany

Correctiv
Factcheck
 | Conspiracy theories
Sweden

A secret convention of world leaders fueled speeches: did they really discuss population reduction?

Delfi Lithuania
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Germany

This weather map with lava is a montage and was not broadcast by a German television

Newtral
Factcheck
 | Other
Poland

Do 1,200 scientists deny the climate crisis? Let's see how much truth there is

Demagog Poland
Factcheck
 | Conspiracy theories
Spain

The 2030 Agenda does not promote depopulating the world “by 15%" with vaccines, abortions and family planning

Verificat
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Germany

A German television did not use a weather map with lava to exaggerate high temperatures

EFE Verifica
Factcheck
 | Water & Cryosphere

Development of ice sheets in Antarctica and the Arctic does not question climate change

Correctiv
Factcheck
 | Transport
Spain

The Government does not propose limiting the use of cars to one per home, it is a proposal by the Consell de Mallorca for non-residents

EFE Verifica
Factcheck
 | Renewables
Czech Republic

Photovoltaic power plants versus global warming

Demagog Czechia
Factcheck
 | Other
Poland

Are higher CO₂ concentrations beneficial for vegetation? We check what science says

Demagog Poland
Factcheck
 | Waste & Pollution
Spain

EU has not banned the use of fireplaces and wood and pellet stoves

EFE Verifica
Factcheck
 | Other
Poland

Is global warming a natural process? Explaining Ian Plimer's statement

Demagog Poland
Factcheck
 | Other

No, NOAA did not report that 84% of the world's coral reefs have been bleached

Ellinika Hoaxes
Factcheck
 | Transport
Greece

No, Toyota does NOT make an engine that will use water as fuel

Ellinika Hoaxes
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
France

No, the weather maps on TV channels are not “reddened” to exaggerate global warming

AFP

Filters