Climate action

What is ‘new denial?’ An alarming wave of climate misinformation is spreading on YouTube, says Watchdog

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If you’ve been on YouTube lately, you may have come across someone claiming that wind and solar energy don’t work, that rising sea levels will help coral reefs thrive, or that climate scientists are corrupt and alarmist. These are all false and misleading statements taken from a handful of thousands of YouTube videos analyzed by … Read more

Why the COP28 climate summit mattered, and what to look out for in 2024

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Reading the long final agreement from the United Nations COP28 climate conference in December 2023 will take you a long way before you find a strong, active verb. The lengthy recitation of climate impacts notes “with concern” and sometimes “significant concern” about glaring gaps in countries’ current policies. But while countries voluntarily committed to action, … Read more