The rise of climate denialism in the general population (

5% between 2019 and 2023) has been accompanied by a very significant increase in denialist activism on “X”/Twitter since the summer of 2022, and increased hostility towards climate scientists.

Through global tracking of Twitter exchanges about climate change between 2019 and 2023, as well as exchanges about COVID-19 pandemics, we analyzed this online trend and its interaction with other societal issues like politics and COVID-19 pandemics.

Beyond fact-checking, we show, through complex networks and semantic analyses, that there are structural differences between these denialist and pro-climate online communities, as well as between the circulation of false information and other climate change-related narratives.

All the evidence suggests that the behavior of deniers is designed to deceive, and that they are over-represented on social networks compared to what they actually represent offline. This is particularly true on “X”/Twitter since Musk’s takeover.

We have also highlighted the globalized aspect of this new denialism, its alignment with the interests and visions of powers such as Russia and how it has benefited from the COVID-19 pandemic.

For at least 45 years, oil company scientists have been privately warning executives that burning fossil fuels would lead to catastrophic storms. Their startlingly accurate warnings are detailed in internal documents and publicly-released films obtained by the Center for Climate Integrity and Dutch news site De Correspondent.

Here’s some of what Big Oil knew about the connection between fossil fuels and catastrophic weather, and when they knew it:

The repression that environmental activists who use peaceful civil disobedience are currently facing in Europe is a major threat to democracy and human rights. The environmental emergency that we are collectively facing, and that scientists have been documenting for decades, cannot be addressed if those raising the alarm and demanding action are criminalized for it. The only legitimate response to peaceful environmental activism and civil disobedience at this point is that the authorities, the media, and the public realize how essential it is for us all to listen to what environmental defenders have to say.

n light of the latest dire climate report, i've decided to add a module to my class this quarter on the internet & the climate crisis

any good readings out there on internet infrastructures & the climate? i'm woefully under-read, but hoping to change that!

In contemporary discussions on what actions should be taken, by whom and how fast, proponents of climate delay would argue for minimal action or action taken by others. They focus attention on the negative social effects of climate policies and raise doubt that mitigation is possible. Here, we outline the common features of climate delay discourses and provide a guide to identifying them.

a list of strategies, products, services, and companies focused on sustainability and environmental protection

parts of the radical right not only acknowledge environmental collapse, but welcome it as an opportunity to re-order society along their preferred lines, and to cleanse the Earth of those they despise.

This makes a democratic, just, and global response to climate change all the more urgent. We must save our planet, and we must not create even the smallest opportunities for fascists.