International report warns of subtle strategies that discredit sustainable solutions and delay actions against the climate crisis
New forms of misinformation on climate change They are spreading to slow the transition to renewable energy sources.
Instead of denying climate science directly, these more subtle strategies aim to discredit solutions – especially clean energies – by promoting doubts and distortions about their effectiveness and impacts.
How tactics work
- According to one report From the Intergovernmental Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE), it is a “strategic disruption”.
- The action is carefully designed to look moderate and based on data, but in practice, silently the climatic advances.
- The so -called “delay tactics” are described as the new face of climate denial, fed not only by social networks, but by influential political figures and fossil fuel corporations.
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Trump is one of the main culprits for misinformation
The report points to former President Donald Trump as an example of disinformation dissemination, repeating unfounded allegations on wind turbines and trying to reverse environmental commitments in the US.
“We are dealing with a deliberately distorted information environment,” warns Klaus Bruhn Jensen, president of the IPIE panel.
Synthesis is based on 300 studies over a decade, although it recognizes limitations for focusing on research in English and rich countries. The document reinforces the urgency of combating misleading narratives that prevent effective climate action.
Collaboration for the digital look
Leandro Criscuolo is a journalist graduated from Cásper Líbero College. He has worked as Copywriter, digital marketing analyst and social networking manager. Currently, he writes for the digital look.
Bruno Capozzi is a journalist graduated from Cásper Líbero College and Master in Social Sciences from PUC-SP, focusing on social networking and technology research.
