Fossil fuel industry using 'disinformation campaign' to slow green transition, says UN

Climate adviser says world leaders must show 'maximum ambition' to prevent people being harmed by climate crisisFossil fuel companies are running "a massive mis- and disinformation campaign" so that countries will slow down the adoption of renewable energy and the speed with which they "transition away" from a carbon-intensive economy, the UN has said.Selwin Hart, the assistant secretary general of the UN, said that talk of a global "backlash" against climate action was being stoked by the fossil fuel industry, in an effort to persuade world leaders to delay emissions-cutting policies. Continue reading...