Sky and the Australian find ‘no evidence’ of a climate emergency – they weren’t looking hard enough

The Australian’s environment editor reported that the article found ‘no clear positive trend of extreme events’ such as floods, drought and cyclones. Photograph: Getty Images

The climate science denial echo-chamber has been loud and proud this week with claims a new “international study” has found no evidence of a climate emergency in records of extreme weather.

So impressed was the Australian with the work that it ran uncritical coverage on page one and page two.