Abstract

Notwithstanding the extensive media coverage of topics related to climate change, communication initiatives in open contradiction with the scientific understanding of climate change as a primarily anthropogenic phenomenon are still widespread. We focus here on a recent such initiative, which gained notoriety between the second half of 2019 and the first half of 2020. We show that its promoters and signatories generally display an extremely low level of scientific activity within the field of climate change. We use this as a basis to reflect upon the scientific credentials of those behind climate change misinformation and the broader context of the communication of climate change.

摘要

尽管媒体广泛报道了与气候变化有关的话题，但与科学认识到气候变化是主要的人为现象的公开矛盾的交流倡议仍然很普遍。我们在这里关注最近的一项这样的倡议，该倡议在2019年下半年到2020年上半年之间臭名昭著。我们表明，其发起人和签署国在气候变化领域的科学活动总体上处于极低水平。我们以此为基础，反思气候变化错误信息背后的科学依据以及气候变化交流的更广泛背景。