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Browse verified fact-checks and debunks addressing misinformation and disinformation about climate change, curated by European fact-checking organizations.

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Arctic ice is shrinking for a long time, random fluctuations are not telling

Demagog Czechia
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France

Should we question the role of humans in global warming, as Pascal Praud affirms? Scientists already know the answer

Science Feedback
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 | Waste
France

Jordan Bardella downplays France's responsibility for global CO2 emissions

Science Feedback
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 | Transport

It is not true that the DGT fines for driving the car alone, as some viral messages say

Verificat
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 | Conspiracy theories
Portugal

Larvae bread." Does the European Union want to "replace traditional proteins with insects"?

Polígrafo
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CERN particle accelerator destroys the world

Funky Citizens
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 | Transport
Brazil

The UN is not building a highway in the amazon rainforest for COP 30

Les Surligneurs
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Czech Republic

Stricter Green Deal in the Czech Republic does not take place, Petr Fiala (mostly) criticizes green proposals

Demagog Czechia
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 | Renewables
CN

No, the solar panels in this photo have not been placed where there used to be olive trees in Spain: it is from China

Maldita
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France

Training and using ChatGPT consumes a lot of energy, but the exact numbers are hard to determine without OpenAI data

Science Feedback
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 | Conspiracy theories

Statement by climate scientist twisted

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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 | Extreme weather events
Spain

They are not “throwing water” from this dam in Malaga: it reached its maximum, so it must drain

Maldita
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 | Extreme weather events
Spain

A CSIC study on rains in the Mediterranean is used to misinform about droughts: what the work says and why misinforming content is wrong

Maldita
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Spain

No, the World Economic Forum has not called for a ban on growing food at home to “fight climate change”

Maldita
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 | Conspiracy theories
Spain

The European Union and the alleged ban on chimneys: as of March 18, 2025, there is no ban and the European Commission states that it “does not plan to eliminate stoves”

Maldita
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 | Fossil fuels

There is no evidence that the French subsoil contains a deposit of nearly 3 billion tons of hydrogen

Les Surligneurs
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 | Renewables

Baseless claims about green energy, climate change and droughts

Ellinika Hoaxes
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The real trend of Arctic sea ice and the implications for maritime navigation in the region

Ellinika Hoaxes
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 | Extreme weather events
Spain

Water emptied from the Los Hurones reservoir (Cádiz) is not “thrown away”, it flows into the Guadalcacín reservoir

Newtral
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 | Conspiracy theories
Spain

The rains in March have once again caused misinformation about the AEMET forecasts: it has been a dry winter, despite viral messages

Verificat
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 | Extreme weather events
JP

Record snow in Japan is no argument against man-made climate change

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