The UN Climate Panel is a good climate research group but its findings often get misinterpreted and result in the spread of misinformation that is further fueled by the narrative threads that are attached to it such as good guys vs bad guys or justice angle.
The UN Climate Panel is a valuable source of information for climate research, however, the way it is interpreted and communicated by media outlets may result in a biased understanding of the information presented.
Former New York Times journalist, Andrew Revkin reminisces about the daily front page meetings where editors would pitch stories to the big poo-baw editors and discusses how readers can form their own opinions on controversial news topics.
The 2018 IPCC report generated the viral meme about the earth running out of time, which stemmed from the spin surrounding the report, not the report itself. Greta Thunberg was captivated by this idea, which gave her a unique vantage point in her activism.
The climate minister in Pakistan is blaming carbon dioxide for everything in the country, against the agreed $100 billion a year from rich countries to poor countries, and the main reason for deaths caused by floodings in Germany was the flawed alarm systems, not just climate change.