What we consider a material error

A material error is a factual claim in a published piece that is wrong, misleading, or unsupported by the sources we cited. This includes misattributed quotes, miscalculated figures, misidentified regulators or instruments, and claims drawn from sources we cited inaccurately.

A typo or a punctuation slip is not a material error. We fix those quietly. A change of voice or phrasing in the same direction the piece already takes is also not a correction.

How to flag an error

Write to editor@theclimatebrief.com with the URL of the piece, a description of the error, and where possible a link to a source that supports the corrected version. We read every such email.

What we do when we receive a report

We check the claim against the fact sheet and the primary source. If the claim is wrong, we correct the piece in place, append a dated correction note at the foot of the piece, and where the correction is material to the conclusion, we add a Correction tag near the headline. We send a reply to the person who flagged the error.

If the claim is right but the source link is broken, we fix the link and add a footnote. We do not call this a correction.

If the claim is contested but our sourcing stands, we explain in reply and link to the primary source. We do not change the piece.

Corrections log

We list every material correction on this page, by date and piece, with a short description of what changed and why. The log is short because the publication is young. We expect it to grow as the publication grows. We do not delete entries.

No material corrections to date.