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Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar power

Solar power is already providing the “cheapest electricity in history” and is expected to play a pivotal role in the global transition away from ... Read More

Factchecks | Aug 28. 2025.

Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims

A “critical assessment” report commissioned by the Trump administration to justify a rollback of US climate regulations contains at least 100 fal... Read More

GHGs and aerosols | Aug 14. 2025.
Red sky sun-setting and atmospheric clouds over the sea at Aberystwyth.

Factcheck: How the UK is – and is not – studying solar geoengineering

The UK government’s “high-risk” research funding agency last week announced that it will invest £57m ($76m) in a new solar geoengineering rese... Read More

Factchecks | May 15. 2025.

Glossary: Decoding how China talks about energy and climate change

China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter as well as the fastest deployer and manufacturer of low-carbon technologies, has issued a series ... Read More

China Policy | Mar 27. 2025.
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch at the launch of a 'policy renewal process', 18 March 2025.

Factcheck: Why Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is wrong about UK’s net-zero goal

The leader of the opposition Conservative party, Kemi Badenoch, has shattered the political consensus on climate change in a speech attacking the UK�... Read More

UK policy | Mar 18. 2025.
A man shovels snow to free his car after major winter storm in Montreal, Canada.

Factcheck: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common

The term “global warming” is typically used to describe increasing global temperatures as a result of human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and... Read More

Factchecks | Mar 10. 2025.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer debate at BBC.

Factcheck: How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero

During the 2024 UK general election campaign, politicians and newspapers have used a series of “scary-sounding numbers” to mislead voters about n... Read More

Factchecks | Jun 27. 2024.
Sunset during heatwave at Minster on Sea, Kent, UK, June 2023.

Factcheck: Why the recent ‘acceleration’ in global warming is what scientists expect

Over the past year, there has been a vigorous debate among scientists – and more broadly – about whether global warming is “accelerating”. ... Read More

Factchecks | Apr 4. 2024.

Factcheck: 18 misleading myths about heat pumps

Heat pumps are an alternative to gas boilers and wood stoves for indoor heating. They now feature in most proposals for cutting greenhouse gas emi... Read More

Other technologies | Mar 21. 2024.

Factcheck: 21 misleading myths about electric vehicles

Electric vehicles (EVs) significantly cut lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions in almost all circumstances and are the key technology for decarbonising... Read More

UK policy | Oct 24. 2023.
A Los Angeles County fire truck attacks flames in Valyermo, California.

Factcheck: Scientists pour cold water on claims of ‘journal bias’ by author of wildfires study

A researcher who claimed his wildfire study was only published in a prominent journal because he “left out the full truth” has faced widespread c... Read More

Factchecks | Sep 8. 2023.
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