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Climate Action Against Disinformation
A global coalition of 90+ climate and anti-disinformation organisations.
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🔎 MEPs are calling for a review of a €1.5 Billion EU Food scheme with ‘misleading’ claims
“The food environment is already very negative in Europe & the European Commission should take its responsibility to protect citizens, animals & our environment seriously.”
via @desmog.com
“The food environment is already very negative in Europe & the European Commission should take its responsibility to protect citizens, animals & our environment seriously.”
via @desmog.com
MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing 'Misleading' Claims
EU taxpayers are funding a multi-year campaign blitz which frequently overstates the environmental benefits of eating meat and dairy while featuring bizarre and misleading claims. Since 2017, the…
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November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🔎 MEPs are calling for a review of a €1.5 Billion EU Food scheme with ‘misleading’ claims
“The food environment is already very negative in Europe & the European Commission should take its responsibility to protect citizens, animals & our environment seriously.”
via @desmog.com
“The food environment is already very negative in Europe & the European Commission should take its responsibility to protect citizens, animals & our environment seriously.”
via @desmog.com
🛢️ COP30 verdict: People in, polluters still in?
@globalwitness.org digs into how a record number of fossil lobbyists and weak language on a phaseout left polluters with a powerful grip on the talks and what it means for communities on the frontlines
@globalwitness.org digs into how a record number of fossil lobbyists and weak language on a phaseout left polluters with a powerful grip on the talks and what it means for communities on the frontlines
COP30 verdict: People in, polluters still in?
COP30 made clear that while official negotiating spaces may fall short, transformative change for people, and for the planet, is driven from the ground up
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November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🛢️ COP30 verdict: People in, polluters still in?
@globalwitness.org digs into how a record number of fossil lobbyists and weak language on a phaseout left polluters with a powerful grip on the talks and what it means for communities on the frontlines
@globalwitness.org digs into how a record number of fossil lobbyists and weak language on a phaseout left polluters with a powerful grip on the talks and what it means for communities on the frontlines
🌏 “We are failing to act on climate change because we did not anticipate and prepare for the obstruction… for those who would block and delay the transition that needs to happen for our species to survive."
via @mongabay.com
via @mongabay.com
Obstruction tactics delay climate action, says global assessment
Coordinated and intentional “obstruction” techniques are being used to delay or block climate policy implementation, a new global assessment spanning 49 countries, highlights. The assessment notes…
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November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🌏 “We are failing to act on climate change because we did not anticipate and prepare for the obstruction… for those who would block and delay the transition that needs to happen for our species to survive."
via @mongabay.com
via @mongabay.com
🎧 COP was set up to tackle the crisis but from the start powerful blockers have worked their way inside to slow everything down. The latest episode from Drilled with Kari De Pryck and Eduardo Viola unpacks how those forces shaped negotiations.
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S14, Ep10 | The Corruption of COP
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🎧 COP was set up to tackle the crisis but from the start powerful blockers have worked their way inside to slow everything down. The latest episode from Drilled with Kari De Pryck and Eduardo Viola unpacks how those forces shaped negotiations.
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"Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way" Genevieve Guenther explains how Russia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil blocked a real fossil fuel phaseout at COP30 and where hope lies now.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way" Genevieve Guenther explains how Russia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil blocked a real fossil fuel phaseout at COP30 and where hope lies now.
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💡Read Imperial’s deep dive into the implications of this pivotal case, and the cutting-edge of climate litigation and attribution science, featuring interviews with Professor @frediotto.bsky.social & Dr Noah-Walker Crawford @granthamlse.bsky.social by @chloefarand.bsky.social:
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Polluters on trial: How climate science is rocking the courtroom
Attribution science is enabling climate victims to sue the world’s top polluters for damages and the first successful case may not be very far away, writes Chloé Farand.
www.imperial.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
💡Read Imperial’s deep dive into the implications of this pivotal case, and the cutting-edge of climate litigation and attribution science, featuring interviews with Professor @frediotto.bsky.social & Dr Noah-Walker Crawford @granthamlse.bsky.social by @chloefarand.bsky.social:
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🧊A landmark case brought by Peruvian farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya against German energy giant RWE earlier this year has reshaped how courts view climate liability.
It confirmed a vital legal principle: that polluters can be held liable for climate damages.
📸 Vdpa/Alamy
It confirmed a vital legal principle: that polluters can be held liable for climate damages.
📸 Vdpa/Alamy
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🧊A landmark case brought by Peruvian farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya against German energy giant RWE earlier this year has reshaped how courts view climate liability.
It confirmed a vital legal principle: that polluters can be held liable for climate damages.
📸 Vdpa/Alamy
It confirmed a vital legal principle: that polluters can be held liable for climate damages.
📸 Vdpa/Alamy
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⚖️Polluters on trial: how climate science is rocking the courtroom
Following a raft of disappointing climate pledges at #COP30, what role can climate science play in holding major polluters to account? 🧵
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Following a raft of disappointing climate pledges at #COP30, what role can climate science play in holding major polluters to account? 🧵
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November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
⚖️Polluters on trial: how climate science is rocking the courtroom
Following a raft of disappointing climate pledges at #COP30, what role can climate science play in holding major polluters to account? 🧵
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Following a raft of disappointing climate pledges at #COP30, what role can climate science play in holding major polluters to account? 🧵
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Research from @caadcoalition.bsky.social and @climainfo.org.br shows Big Oil ramped up Google ads in Brazil by 2,900 percent ahead of COP30 to protect its social licence to pollute as countries debated a fossil fuel exit.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Research from @caadcoalition.bsky.social and @climainfo.org.br shows Big Oil ramped up Google ads in Brazil by 2,900 percent ahead of COP30 to protect its social licence to pollute as countries debated a fossil fuel exit.
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🛢️ Fossil fuel companies are disguising ads as news articles, eroding trust in journalism and fuelling climate disinformation.
Exxonknews exposes how native advertising helps Big Oil muddy the facts and damage media credibility.
Exxonknews exposes how native advertising helps Big Oil muddy the facts and damage media credibility.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🛢️ Fossil fuel companies are disguising ads as news articles, eroding trust in journalism and fuelling climate disinformation.
Exxonknews exposes how native advertising helps Big Oil muddy the facts and damage media credibility.
Exxonknews exposes how native advertising helps Big Oil muddy the facts and damage media credibility.
What does it take to stand up to fossil fuel sponsorship when it has become part of everyday life, from local sports and culture to kids’ events?
Klimakultur’s new report explores how people are pushing back against Big Oil’s greenwashing in Norway.
Klimakultur’s new report explores how people are pushing back against Big Oil’s greenwashing in Norway.
Help! How to resist something that everyone loves? - Klimakultur
At the Frontline of Climate Disinformation. A new report by Klimakultur.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
What does it take to stand up to fossil fuel sponsorship when it has become part of everyday life, from local sports and culture to kids’ events?
Klimakultur’s new report explores how people are pushing back against Big Oil’s greenwashing in Norway.
Klimakultur’s new report explores how people are pushing back against Big Oil’s greenwashing in Norway.
In his latest video, @simonoxfphys.com looks at how the UN’s Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change is tackling climate misinformation worldwide.
Watch here ⬇️
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How the UN is fighting climate misinformation
How the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change is copying the fossil fuel misinformation plabook.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
In his latest video, @simonoxfphys.com looks at how the UN’s Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change is tackling climate misinformation worldwide.
Watch here ⬇️
Watch here ⬇️
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@caadcoalition.bsky.social has an overview of all the many ads big oil is buying for permitting reform.
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
@caadcoalition.bsky.social has an overview of all the many ads big oil is buying for permitting reform.
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
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🚨 Exclusive: As PR giant Edelman was gearing up to play its advisory role at the COP30 climate summit, the firm was also lobbying for Brazilian fossil fuel distributor Vibra Energia to help power it, documents show. Full story below: buff.ly/DwMvot9
Exclusive: COP30 PR Agency Edelman Lobbied Presidency to Favour Fossil Fuel Client
As Edelman prepared to work on the climate summit’s PR, the agency also lobbied for fuel distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.
www.desmog.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🚨 Exclusive: As PR giant Edelman was gearing up to play its advisory role at the COP30 climate summit, the firm was also lobbying for Brazilian fossil fuel distributor Vibra Energia to help power it, documents show. Full story below: buff.ly/DwMvot9
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At #COP30, it is increasingly evident that the momentum for change is real: A call to #FixTheUNFCCC is growing louder.
🗣️ “This is about restoring faith in cooperation — & making the process worthy of the crisis. The science is clear. The law is clear. Now the process must catch up.”
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🗣️ “This is about restoring faith in cooperation — & making the process worthy of the crisis. The science is clear. The law is clear. Now the process must catch up.”
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November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
At #COP30, it is increasingly evident that the momentum for change is real: A call to #FixTheUNFCCC is growing louder.
🗣️ “This is about restoring faith in cooperation — & making the process worthy of the crisis. The science is clear. The law is clear. Now the process must catch up.”
Watch 👀 👇
🗣️ “This is about restoring faith in cooperation — & making the process worthy of the crisis. The science is clear. The law is clear. Now the process must catch up.”
Watch 👀 👇
💡 How climate disinformation tried and failed to FLOP #COP30.
From fake scandals to viral anti-COP hashtags, the latest edition of OII breaks down who spread the lies and how the climate integrity agenda won out in Belém.
From fake scandals to viral anti-COP hashtags, the latest edition of OII breaks down who spread the lies and how the climate integrity agenda won out in Belém.
Climate disinformation: who tried to FLOP COP30 but didn’t stand a chance
The breakthroughs of a historic COP for climate information integrity
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November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
💡 How climate disinformation tried and failed to FLOP #COP30.
From fake scandals to viral anti-COP hashtags, the latest edition of OII breaks down who spread the lies and how the climate integrity agenda won out in Belém.
From fake scandals to viral anti-COP hashtags, the latest edition of OII breaks down who spread the lies and how the climate integrity agenda won out in Belém.
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"Ofcom increasingly takes the stance that channels that monetise bigotry, like GB News, are entitled to give their audiences what they expect – or putting it another way, that it’s not Ofcom’s job to get in the way of their business model" - @goodlawproject.bsky.social
Ofcom receives complaints over GB News’ use of ‘racist’ statistics on migrant crime
"GB News peddled unverified and frankly racist statistics to thousands grounded in dodgy methods."
leftfootforward.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
"Ofcom increasingly takes the stance that channels that monetise bigotry, like GB News, are entitled to give their audiences what they expect – or putting it another way, that it’s not Ofcom’s job to get in the way of their business model" - @goodlawproject.bsky.social
🛢️ Big Oil ramped up Google Ads in Brazil by 2,900% in just one month ahead of #COP30, according to new research from @caadcoalition.bsky.social @climainfo.org.br & @c3ds.bsky.social.The surge reflects the industry’s push to protect its social license to pollute.
Climate Action Against Disinformation | A 2,900% Increase in Greenwash: Big Oil Targeted Brazil With Google Ads To Undermine COP30
In the 10 months leading up to COP30, in Belém, Brazil, Big Oil increased its use of Google Ads targeting the country, with the number of adverts spiking by 2,900% between September and October…
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November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🛢️ Big Oil ramped up Google Ads in Brazil by 2,900% in just one month ahead of #COP30, according to new research from @caadcoalition.bsky.social @climainfo.org.br & @c3ds.bsky.social.The surge reflects the industry’s push to protect its social license to pollute.
New from @desmog.com: Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.
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Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.
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Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
With the clock running down at the COP30 climate talks, the Brazilian hosts are working hand-in-hand with industry groups to secure backing for biofuels in the final text – despite fears that scaling…
www.desmog.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New from @desmog.com: Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.
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Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.
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When the government fails to provide trusted scientific information, people get hurt. This is why we need independent science outside of government right now. (🧵)
CDC in turmoil after agency backpedals on debunking vaccines-autism link
The CDC’s website now says health authorities ignored evidence of a potential connection between vaccines and autism, despite dozens of studies showing no link.
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
When the government fails to provide trusted scientific information, people get hurt. This is why we need independent science outside of government right now. (🧵)
🇺🇳 ‘A wave of truth’: For the first time, COP30 is making information integrity a priority.
12 countries have signed a declaration to fight climate disinformation and defend climate science, journalism, and action.
12 countries have signed a declaration to fight climate disinformation and defend climate science, journalism, and action.
‘A wave of truth’: COP30 targets disinformation threat to climate action | United Nations
Negotiators in Belém, Brazil, opened COP30 with a stark warning: the race to avert catastrophic global heating is being sabotaged by a surge of climate disinformation. The falsehoods, spreading…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🇺🇳 ‘A wave of truth’: For the first time, COP30 is making information integrity a priority.
12 countries have signed a declaration to fight climate disinformation and defend climate science, journalism, and action.
12 countries have signed a declaration to fight climate disinformation and defend climate science, journalism, and action.
A new study from @influencemap.bsky.social has found most corporate “just transition” messaging is misaligned with the framework definition.
🗣️ 69% only name-dropped just transition
🛢️ 11% used just transition language to argue for extended fossil fuel use
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🗣️ 69% only name-dropped just transition
🛢️ 11% used just transition language to argue for extended fossil fuel use
Read the full findings ⬇️
Current Corporate Communications Around Just Transition Risk Muddying the Conversation
Initial findings from new InfluenceMap research indicate that corporate communications around the term “just transition” are generally misaligned with international framework definitions, suggesting…
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November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A new study from @influencemap.bsky.social has found most corporate “just transition” messaging is misaligned with the framework definition.
🗣️ 69% only name-dropped just transition
🛢️ 11% used just transition language to argue for extended fossil fuel use
Read the full findings ⬇️
🗣️ 69% only name-dropped just transition
🛢️ 11% used just transition language to argue for extended fossil fuel use
Read the full findings ⬇️
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🧪🗳️Scientists and experts around the country: we need your voice now! Please join us November 20 for a virtual training on how the scientific community can stand up for our democracy and push back against the growing authoritarian threat in the US. Register here: act.ucsusa.org/44007SY
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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On Friday, I am talking with @timmonsroberts.bsky.social about this magisterial recent report on the origins & nature of climate obstruction. Basically: who has sabotaged climate action, how, and why.
Got questions?
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Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
cssn.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
On Friday, I am talking with @timmonsroberts.bsky.social about this magisterial recent report on the origins & nature of climate obstruction. Basically: who has sabotaged climate action, how, and why.
Got questions?
Got questions?
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the fossil fuel industry really loves 'permitting reform'
From @caadcoalition.bsky.social's latest newsletter:
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November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
the fossil fuel industry really loves 'permitting reform'
From @caadcoalition.bsky.social's latest newsletter:
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From @caadcoalition.bsky.social's latest newsletter:
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