A new report from the Forum on Information and Democracy (FID) finds notable political will and promising efforts to strengthen information integrity on climate change in at least 23 countries and the EU. However, it also finds persistent gaps, such as lack of national strategic plans of action to tackle climate disinformation and greenwashing from the fossil fuel lobby, which is most urgently needed.
As the world prepares for COP 17 on Biodiversity (22-30 October) and COP31 on climate change (9-22 November), the findings pave the way for policymakers and regulators to take the urgent action needed to tackle climate disinformation.
Covering 23 countries and the EU, the report was developed within the framework of the organization’s priority workstream on Information Integrity on Climate and the Environment, co-chaired by Armenia and Brazil. It shows that while political traction and public awareness are rising, most countries still don’t have a national strategic plan of action to counter climate disinformation and denialism.
“Initially aimed at slowing down ecological transition, climate and environmental disinformation has become a democratic issue, fueling polarization and sawing distrust. One year after the “COP of Truth” in Belém, the report we release today maps what has been done, what works and what could be further strengthened. It is a resource for all stakeholders seeking solutions to the two great challenges of our time: climate change and information chaos,” says Camille Grenier, Executive Director at the Forum on Information and Democracy.
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