Debunking Misinformation about the “Climategate” – narratives on global warming

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Debunking Misinformation about the “Climategate”

2009.03.11.

The manufactured controversy over emails stolen from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit has generated a lot more heat than light. The email content being quoted does not indicate that climate data and research have been compromised. Most importantly, nothing in the content of these stolen emails has any impact on our overall understanding that human activities are driving dangerous levels of global warming. Media reports and contrarian claims that they do are inaccurate.

Debunking Misinformation about the “Climategate”

The manufactured controversy over emails stolen from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit has generated a lot more heat than light. The email content being quoted does not indicate that climate data and research have been compromised. Most importantly, nothing in the content of these stolen emails has any impact on our overall understanding that human activities are driving dangerous levels of global warming. Media reports and contrarian claims that they do are inaccurate.

Source: UCS - Union of Concerned Scientists
Type: Report/Expleainer
Accessed: 15 January 2026

Citation

UCS - Union of Concerned Scientists. Debunking Misinformation About Stolen Climate Emails in the “Climategate” Manufactured Controversy
UCS Website.
https://www.ucs.org/resources/debunking-misinformation-about-stolen-climate-emails
Accessed 11 March 2026.