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The Center for Countering Digital Hate put out a new report a few days ago, in which they warn that climate misinformation continuous to flourish on YouTube. They want YouTube to take more action. I had a look and I don't like what I read.

David Chavalarias est mathématicien en sciences-sociales. Directeur de recherche au CNRS (Institut des systèmes complexes Paris IdF). Co-auteur du rapport sur "Les nouveaux fronts du dénialisme et du climato-scepticisme. Deux années d'échanges sur Twitter".

As those most responsible for the crisis recede into history, our energy is better spent responding to the world we have created

Now it’s a straight fight for survival. The Glasgow Climate Pact, for all its restrained and diplomatic language, looks like a suicide pact. After so many squandered years of denial, distraction and delay, it’s too late for incremental change.

For the organizations looking to stall climate action, climate denial has become passé. Instead, they have turned to carbon shaming, it’s-too-late climate doomism, and stirring up fights among climate advocates, all to paralyze behaviors and policies that could help us fight climate change.

The Daily Express removed an article quoting a prominent climate science denier, after an energy company that claims to sell power that is “good for the planet” and “good for your soul” said it was reviewing whether to remove its advertising from the website.

The author and eminent climate scientist on the deniers’ new tactics and why positive change feels closer than it has done in 20 years

The war of disinformation against climate science is now essentially over. The scientific evidence has become impossible to dispute in light of the dramatic increases in extreme weather events, megafires in recent years. The deniers have not given up the battle, They have merely changed their tactics, Michael Mann contends in his book The New Climate War...

Large misinformation campaigns on climate change science are being funded by a handful of sources with an interest in maintaining the status quo.

The scientist who has borne the full brunt of attacks by climate change deniers, including death threats and accusations of misappropriating funds, is set to hit back.

The scientist who has borne the full brunt of attacks by climate change deniers, including death threats and accusations of misappropriating funds, is set to hit back.