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
 | Renewables

Context and evidence on the effect of solar panels and wind turbines on temperatures

Maldita
Factcheck
 | Renewables
Germany

Why solar and wind power plants are comparatively environmentally friendly energy sources

AFP
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

The Aemet records date back to 2020: they date back to 1961

Newtral
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Germany

Fake “Tagesthemen” weather map spread on social media

AFP
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
United States

Baseless link between cloud seeding and the floods in Texas

Ellinika Hoaxes
Factcheck
 | Water & Cryosphere

Study finds Southern Ocean’s surface is becoming saltier and losing sea ice, not experiencing an ‘ocean current reversal’

Science Feedback
Factcheck
 | Conspiracy theories
Germany

Altered German weather map is used to undermine climate change

AFP
Factcheck
 | Fossil fuels & Mining
France

No, the quantity of CO2 produced by humans is not negligible

Les Surligneurs
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
France

The temperature maps are not “reddened” to be scary

Les Surligneurs
Factcheck
 | Transport
France

Air pollution is indeed linked to excess mortality, the figure of “48,000 avoidable deaths” is a high estimate

Science Feedback
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
United States

No, cloud seeding is not to blame for the storm that claimed hundreds of lives in Texas

Faktograf
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
 | 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
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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
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Germany

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

EFE Verifica

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