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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jonathan Watts

Debunking climate misinformation is becoming a full-time job – but you can help defend the facts

A climate rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 11 April. A poll found 89% of the world’s people think governments ‘should do more to fight global warming’
A climate rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 11 April. A poll found 89% of the world’s people think governments ‘should do more to fight global warming’. Photograph: Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

Extreme politics and extreme weather go hand in hand, and both have to be confronted if we are to understand and overcome the polycrisis we are living through.

Yet few media organisations are examining why the climate emergency is creating a new era of demagogues. Even fewer are scrutinising how those authoritarian leaders are trying to misdirect public attention away from the root cause of our current global malaise.

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