Checked elsewhere / Knack

“Deze grafiek toont aan dat de oppervlakte verbrand door bosbranden in Europa, momenteel lager ligt dan gemiddeld tijdens de afgelopen decennia. Uit deze cijfers blijkt dat de impact van klimaatverandering op natuurbranden kleiner is dan wordt aangenomen.”
Bjorn Lomborg Claim dated 7 Aug 2023.
Knack rated thisEerder waar

In short

Bjorn Lomborg made this claim around 7 August 2023. Knack (Belgium) looked into it and published its finding on 17 December 2023, 132 days later. Its rating was “Eerder waar”.

Bjorn Lomborg has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 1 true.

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