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
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
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 | Extreme weather events
Germany

TikTok video does not show a current tornado in Germany

Correctiv
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 | Other
Poland

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

Demagog Poland
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 | Conspiracy theories
Spain

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

Verificat
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 | Extreme weather events
Germany

A German television did not use an image of lava to warn of high temperatures and exaggerate climate change

EFE Verifica
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 | Water & Cryosphere

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

Correctiv
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 | Renewables
Czech Republic

Photovoltaic power plants versus global warming

Demagog Czechia
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 | Other
Poland

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

Demagog Poland
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 | Other
Poland

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

Demagog Poland
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 | Other

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

Ellinika Hoaxes
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 | Water & Cryosphere
Switzerland

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

Correctiv
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 | Policy
Poland

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

Demagog Czechia
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 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution
United Kingdom

Social media claims misrepresent scientific method used by UK Met Office

AFP
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 | Renewables
Germany

Misinformation about the possible closure of Alpha Ventus

Ellinika Hoaxes
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 | Policy
European Union

The European Union has not banned the use of chimneys

Newtral
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 | Conspiracy theories
Poland

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

Demagog Poland
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 | Extreme weather events
Romania

EU has not banned Romanian households from using river water

AFP
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 | Other
MM

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

Correctiv
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 | Water & Cryosphere

US think tank misleads on ocean acidification threat

AFP
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 | Renewables
France

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

Les Surligneurs
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 | Conspiracy theories

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

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