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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says

People walk along a dark street during the blackout in Granada
There were false claims that renewable energy was to blame for the recent blackout in Spain. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

Rampant climate misinformation is turning the crisis into a catastrophe, according to the authors of a new report.

It found climate action was being obstructed and delayed by false and misleading information stemming from fossil fuel companies, rightwing politicians and some nation states. The report, from the International Panel on the Information Environment (Ipie), systematically reviewed 300 studies.

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