Posts misleadingly claim human-caused CO2 emissions are too small to warm planet

Posts misleadingly claim human-caused CO2 emissions are too small to warm planet

by AFP | 02.Aug 2022 | Fact check

A graphic shared over a thousand times on Facebook claims the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) released by humans into Earth’s atmosphere is too small to cause climate change. This is misleading: the claim miscalculates the human input and scientists agree that CO2 has a big impact on the planet’s temperature. The level of CO2 in the atmosphere has grown sharply due to humans burning fossil fuels and is driving global heating.

This photo was taken near a concert venue in Amsterdam, not after a climate march in Rotterdam

This photo was taken near a concert venue in Amsterdam, not after a climate march in Rotterdam

by AFP | 26.Jul 2022 | Fact check

A photo of a littered street has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Dutch and Chinese social media posts that claim it shows the aftermath of a climate march in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2022. However, the claim is false. The photo was taken in Amsterdam outside the Johan Cruyff Arena, before a performance by US singer Billie Eilish on June 18 at the adjacent Ziggo Dome.