If a journalist writes an inaccurate news story that damages the reputation of an individual, one of their options is to take up a complaint with a press regulator for a suitable remedy. But what happens when a journalist writes an inaccurate story about something more abstract, but no less important, say, climate change?

A new research paper published today (22 April 2025) makes an unusual case. Climate News & Independent Regulation, by UK press regulator IMPRESS and the University of Glasgow, calls for regulatory reforms that would allow individuals and organisations to lodge complaints against publishers for climate mis- and disinformation, similar to how defamation and libel complaints are........

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