For those battling the paywall, we have now re-published our climate disinfo feature on the Institute for Strategic Dialogue website - Part 1 today, Part 2 on Thursday! Thanks to Zahed Amanullah and the Digital Dispatches team for helping this reach a wider audience. isdglobal.org/digital_dispat… Unearthed DeSmog UK

Jennie King (jkingy.bsky.social) Institute for Strategic Dialogue Climate Action Against Disinformation DW News Melissa Aronczyk (@aronczyk.bsky.social) Rutgers University @MarcoLSilva BBC News (UK) “Disinformation campaigns are not very creative. The strategies have remained the same over decades. ...The playbook is thin, much thinner than you think, and once you start to detect the pattern, you will see it everywhere.” - Melissa Aronczyk (@aronczyk.bsky.social)

The latest edition of Climate Action Against Disinformation and Institute for Strategic Dialogue's Climate Data Monitor went live today, feat. topic modelling of #wildfire mis- and disinfo from 2019-today. 🔥🌍 Subscribe at: climatedigital.typeform.com/to/FhSZ6TKn 🚨Have an investigative lead or research steer?🚨 Email: [email protected]

The #COP28 summit will be hosted by a Petrostate and presided over by the CEO of an oil company. How is this translating into PR efforts worldwide, and how can we track info ops in the run-up to December? Great piece by CNN Ivana Kottasová. edition.cnn.com/2023/07/18/mid… Institute for Strategic Dialogue

If you missed this event, look no further! The Energy Mix have published a superb overview, condensing 1 hour of chat into 5 mins of reading. Check it out👇 Institute for Strategic Dialogue @MarcoLSilva Covering Climate Now 🦋 @coveringclimate.org Melissa Aronczyk (@aronczyk.bsky.social) @amywestervelt Climate Action Against Disinformation Mark Hertsgaard theenergymix.com/2023/07/18/exp…

Another important thread from @MarcoLSilva at BBC Verify. You can read more about #wildfire misinformation - including how false arson claims have evolved from 2019 to now - in the latest Data Monitor from Climate Action Against Disinformation and Institute for Strategic Dialogue 🔥🌍🚨 caad.info/report/caad-da…

A recent Valent investigation found large sums of money have been spent on an online effort to undermine support for #ULEZ before the #Uxbridge by-election, which observers say The Labour Party lost due to the clear air policy championed by @mayorofLondon #sadiqkhan check it out 👇 1/27

Oil and gas giants are making hundreds of millions in profits. And what are they spending it on? Influencers... to make it seem like they're not (in their own words) "the bad guys". 🔴 New DeSmog story with Dimitris Dimitriadis & @JoeyGrostern desmog.com/2023/07/27/fos…

While global warming and wildfires reach their highest levels ever recorded, YouTube is shamelessly greenwashing – earning up to $10M/year from channels pushing climate disinformation. With 150+ brands inadvertently funding these lies. 🔗 Full report: s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org…

From videos denying climate change is real, to spreading lies about forest fires – YouTube continues to allow this content to be monetized, despite promising otherwise. Brands like Lyft, calvinklein, UNICEF, Jeep, Panasonic appear alongside this content.

Researchers found other big brands' ads next to videos peddling conspiracy theories that foreign governments are lying about Amazon deforestation in order to secure access to resources there, and are setting fire to the rainforest to boost fundraising efforts.

While prominent climate deniers get millions of views, no brand is safe from being served alongside them. Even Friends of the Earth ads appeared next to a far-right channel denying that wildfire-induced air pollution and other extreme weather events are a result of climate change.

🔴 The new front in conspiracy theories – farming and the EU Green Deal From DeSmog's Clare Carlile in EUobserver euobserver.com/opinion/157311

The United Arab Emirates says it's "ideally suited to host" COP28 later this year. But climate NGOs, policymakers and scientists are concerned. Jennie King (jkingy.bsky.social) talks to CNN about how influence operations may ramp up in the lead up to the critical global summit. isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-new…

Everyone should watch this - come for the knowledge, stay for the squirrels Abbie Richards youtube.com/watch?v=occ6BJ…

NEW The UK government has just quietly published estimates showing wind and solar will be several times cheaper than gas, for the foreseeable future A few senior cabinet members (& a large section of the media) might like to take a look? THREAD with charts + caveats