How the UN’s language around climate change risks is ‘eroding’ public trust in science

The UN’s language around climate change risks may be confusing the public and fuelling misinformation.

A new study from the University of Essex, which surveyed more than 4,000 UK residents, found certain words used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) make the public think scientists are “divided” and that predictions are “extreme or implausible”.