What if the biggest story about climate change in Africa is the one we’re not telling?

In this episode of “Behind the Facts”, we explore how African fact-checkers are shaping the climate conversation — separating myths from facts and highlighting what global narratives often miss.

Our guest, Lanre Olagunju, Editor-in-Chief of CheckClimate Africa, joins us to unpack how misinformation affects public understanding, how Africa’s climate story is framed, and why accurate, locally grounded reporting matters more than ever.

From viral climate myths to overlooked realities, we dive into how the stories we tell — and the ones we don’t — influence the continent’s response to the climate crisis.

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This episode was produced by the Africa Check team: Khumo Motaung, Tshiamo Mononyane, and Laura Kapelari. Your show host for this episode is Thipe Maelane, also from Africa Check.

Africa Check, the continent’s leading organisation promoting information integrity, helps you separate fact from fiction.