Dossier

Uncovering climate disinformation

Uncover the battle against one of our era's greatest challenges – climate change. This dossier unravels the web of falsehoods obstructing climate action initiatives, and delves into the work of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung's Climate Disinformation Media Fellows. We expose the pervasive myths and misinformation campaigns hindering our collective efforts to address the urgent climate crisis.

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Climate Disinformation Media Fellows

Since 2023, we sponsor a select number of journalists from Europe and the USA & Canada to conduct on-the-ground reporting on climate disinformation case studies relevant to the foundation’s work. Fellowships are selected annually and are open to journalists in any media format.

Current Fellows

How Saudi Arabia’s Neom Giga project became a global showroom of false climate solutions

Analysis

Alongside other European powers, the UK is helping to supercharge Saudi Arabia’s attempt to hijack the global sustainability agenda.

By Lyse Mauvais

Leonie Sontheimer

Climate Disinformation Media Fellow 2024, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union

Feature coming soon.

Previous Fellows

Giorgos Christides

Climate Disinformation Media Fellow 2023, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union

Katy Fallon

Climate Disinformation Media Fellow 2023, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union

‘Fire on fire’: how migrants got blamed for Greece’s devastating blazes

Climate Disinformation Media Fellowship 2023

In August, wildfires in Evros killed a group of people, including children, passing along a well-trodden migration route. Locals and politicians made the victims scapegoats for the disaster. First piece of our 2023 Climate Disinformation Fellowship by Giorgos Christides and Katy Fallon. Photos by Alexandros Avramidis.

By Giorgos Christides and Katy Fallon

Keerti Gopal

Climate Disinformation Media Fellow 2023, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Washington, DC

A Fossil Fuel Miseducation

Climate Disinformation Media Fellowship 2023

In Illinois, a fossil fuel-funded group is infiltrating schools, promoting oil careers to kids. But in a state going green, advocates say they're selling students a false future. An investigation into the industry's pipeline to the classroom.

By Keerti Gopal

Silvie Harder

Climate Disinformation Media Fellow, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Washington, DC

From Safer Streets to Controversy and Conspiracy

Climate Disinformation Media Fellowship 2023

In a small Canadian town, bicycle infrastructure divides neighbors as conspiracy theories and misinformation take hold. Can this once tight-knit community come together again? An investigation into how disinformation can derail climate action at the local level.

By Silvie Harder

Our work with EU DisinfoLab

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union is proudly supporting EU DisinfoLab, the independent non-profit organisation gathering knwoledge and expertise on disinformation in Europe.

New Climate Clarity Hub

Info hub

The new Climate Clarity Hub is a platform that consolidates knowledge and expertise on climate mis|disinformation. Developed by EU DisinfoLab and supported by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union, it seeks to confront climate pessimism and call for action, sharing knowledge, analysis, content, resources and anecdotes both from an ecological activism perspective and within the counter-disinformation community.

By EU DisinfoLab

Platforms' policies on climate change misinformation

Factsheet

This factsheet delves into platforms’ policies on climate change misinformation, focusing on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter and YouTube and their actions are currently in place to limit the impact of such content.

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