At the heart of combating misinformation is critical thinking and recognizing when you’re being spun for corporate profit.
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More fossil fuel lobbyists are coming to global climate talks to try to get favourable outcomes. Now their role is in the spotlight.
This week, Australian policymakers heard about the real and growing problem of climate misinformation. Stopping it would mean regulating the PR industry.
Powerful corporations, governments and political parties intentionally spread false information about climate change to avoid ending greenhouse gas emissions.
A strong majority of Canadians believe climate change should be a priority in education, but teachers and students lack the necessary tools and support to effectively incorporate it into classrooms.
Two experts describe how climate misinformation has infiltrated the election campaign – and how Australians can protect themselves as they head to the polls.
The US has obstructed climate action for decades – largely due to damaging actions by the powerful fossil fuel industry. But Australia has a chance now to lead.
As climate change accelerates and trust in authority declines, natural disasters trigger waves of easy – but false – explanations.
The climate policy pendulum is swinging back again with Trump in office. Money, lobbying and talking about red vs. blue states all play a role in the political and public divide.
Meta’s decision could open the floodgates to more climate misinformation on its apps, including misleading or out-of-context claims during disasters.
Why the public resistance to carbon tax policies? New research suggests a few key factors that may play a role in influencing popular support for carbon tax efforts in Canada.
Generative AIs may make up information they serve you, meaning they may potentially spread science misinformation. Here’s how to check the accuracy of what you read in an AI-enhanced media landscape.
Honolulu, Baltimore, Charleston, S.C. and several other cities harmed by rising seas and extreme weather are suing the oil industry. At stake is who pays for the staggering costs of climate change.
A psychologist explains how opponents of climate policies use a common thinking error to manipulate the public – and why people are so susceptible.
When news outlets also publish so-called ‘native advertising,’ their journalistic reputations suffer – and their news coverage shies away from the companies that paid for the ads.
Fact-checking risks oversimplifying and distorting Americans’ political conflicts, while not actually helping people find ways to work together productively.
Skeptics may make demands for absolute certainty to undermine science and delay action. Critiques may not be in the interest of advancing science and public health, but by someone with an agenda.
Misinformation about climate change has been spreading in other ways, and social media companies have been reluctant to stop it.
If we’re to avert a climate disaster, we must not underestimate the power of climate misinformation campaigns to undermine this week’s IPCC findings.
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Professor of Political Science, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Journalism, DePaul University
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Professor of Psychology, Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Change of Freshwater Ecosystems, Trent University
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Professor of Law Emeritus, Widener University
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Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
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Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, Trent University
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Professor of Psychology Emerita, Middlebury College
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Associate Professor of Social Science, New Mexico Tech
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David Schindler Professor of Aquatic Science, Trent University
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Lecturer in Sociology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University
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PhD Candidate, Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub, Monash University