Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says | False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised

It should also be a crime to spread propaganda from hostile foreign states.

Look at talking points on RT. Look at politicians who repeat them verbatim. Throw those treasonous fuckers in jail.

However, Jensen said the problem was deeper than social media. “Alliances of industry and conservative thinktanks actually target misinformation at the key people who will be making decisions. Those links are particularly worrisome because it’s something approaching a conspiracy.”

In the European context, rightwing populist parties are “actively contravening climate science”, the report says, including the AfD in Germany, Vox in Spain, and the National Rally in France. Media outlets with conservative or rightwing political ideologies give priority to and amplify denial, scepticism and conspiracy theories regarding climate change, the report says.

They'll be the same ones demanding meat and cheese when the food crises start: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2025/06/18/us-and-europe-face-40-drop-in-food-production-scientists-warn/

Agreed, climate change lies should be punished with jail time. Climate change has the very potential to end us all and we still deal with instigators by rolling out eyes. Screw these people, jail them, get rid of them, we need to focus on solving this