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Misleading information about the nature of climate change is further complicating and delaying action to fight the environmental issue, according to a new research report.
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“The result is a decline in public trust, diminished policy coordination, and a feedback loop between scientific denialism and political inaction,” the coalition of researchers wrote in the 127-page report.
Researchers noted denial has long threatened the flow of climate science information, but attempts to discredit or delegitimize climate science have started dominating the anti-climate science campaigns.
“When the evidence produced by climate science is disregarded, circumvented or undermined, public trust suffers,” the report stated.
Scientific consensus on climate change is also frequently misrepresented in the media, further complicating the information ecosystem, the IPIE said. The report noted social media has become “key public carriers of information about climate change.”
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