Campaigners say action on climate change is in jeopardy if MPs such as climate science denier John Redwood are granted key posts.

As heatwaves, heavy rainfall, and flooding hit countries worldwide, climate deniers and those obstructing climate action deny or downplay extreme weather’s climate connection.

A climate scientist said the news that Samuele Furfari, a former EU energy advisor, had joined the Global Warming Policy Foundation showed the organisation was “clutching at straws to defend its fringe and unfounded views”.

Advocates of climate action fear Conservative Way Forward's relaunch will galvanise the right-wing campaign being waged against Britain’s net-zero efforts.

Media personality Dan McTeague also works to undermine climate action.

Anti-fuel duty campaigner Howard Cox, who has downplayed “alleged man-made causes” of climate change, backed drivers who targeted roads across the UK.

Michael Hintze, an Australian hedge fund manager, will join several other climate sceptics in the House of Lords.

Businessman John Mappin, who has called Russia’s attack on Ukraine a “gift” to the world, is a vocal ally of fringe anti-net zero group CAR26.

The petition was backed by former Brexit Party MEP Lance Forman and conservative commentator Darren Grimes.

From narratives about fossil fuels as a solution to climate advocates as out of touch with reality, here’s how the fossil fuel industry and its allies are weaponizing words to delay climate action.