News Corp misrepresents climate scenario revision as evidence scientists were wrong
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Graham Readfearn
Summary
This article critiques how News Corp and figures like Donald Trump and former Australian editor Chris Mitchell misrepresented the retirement of a worst-case climate scenario. While climate scientists revised down the most extreme high-emissions projection, the article explains this does not mean climate change is less serious — the best-case low-emissions scenario has also become implausible. The piece argues that right-wing media twisted the scientific update to falsely claim global warming forecasts were dramatically cut, undermining public understanding of climate urgency.
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bskyNews Corp misrepresents climate scenario revision as evidence scientists were wrongtheguardian.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledInstead, the news that a group of climate scientists had officially retired their very worst scenario for the future of the planet was proof – according to Donald Trump – that the scientists had been (in all caps) WRONG! WRONG! WRONG.
Picking up the baton this week, a former editor of the Australian, Chris Mitchell, claimed the development 'dramatically cuts the forecast warming of the planet by the end of this century'
The worst-case scenario for a high-emissions scenario has been revised downward – but the best-case option is now implausible
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