United Nations Recruits Countries To Crack Down On What They Call Climate ‘Denialism’

At least 10 countries pledged to uphold “information integrity” at COP30, vowing to “ensure accurate and reliable” climate coverage and promote information related to “the principles of the Paris Agreement,” according to the United Nations.

A joint initiative between the UN, the Brazilian government and UNESCO launched the “Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change” at COP30 “to counter the growing impact of disinformation, misinformation, denialism.” The initiative calls for nations to “support the sustainability of a diverse and resilient media ecosystem to ensure accurate and reliable coverage on climate and environmental issues.”

“The Declaration calls on governments, the private sector, civil society, academia and funders to take concrete action to counter the growing impact of disinformation, misinformation, denialism and deliberate attacks on environmental journalists, defenders, scientists and researchers that undermine climate action and threaten societal stability,” the UN website states.

The UN notes on its website that the “initiative aims to enhance public trust in climate science reduce the spread of mis/disinformation” and that nations are expected to “promote” information in line with “the principles of the Paris Agreement.”

“Without access to reliable information about climate disruption we can never hope to overcome it,” UNESCO’s Director-General Audrey Azoulay said on Wednesday. “Through this initiative, we will support the journalists and researchers investigating climate issues, sometimes at great risk to themselves, and fight the climate-related disinformation running rampant on social media.”