During COP30, a first group of States committed to promoting Information Integrity on Climate Change, and called for coordinated efforts by the international community, civil society and the private sector to guarantee reliable, transparent information on the climate. The Forum on Information and Democracy welcomes this milestone and invites more States to join this effort.
For the first time, the fight against climate disinformation was on the agenda of the COP30 hosted by Brazil in Belém from 12 to 21 November. Among the many discussions and deliverables, a first group of 12 countries committed to protect science-based information as the foundation of climate action through the Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change. Since then 9 other countries have joined the movement.
This Declaration notably calls on various stakeholders to take concrete actions to preserve information integrity on climate change such as:
- For governments, to “Create and implement policies and legal frameworks aligned with international human rights law that promote information integrity on climate change, and respect, protect and promote human rights; and ensure the safety of environmental journalists and other public voices;”
- For the private sector, to “Commit to the integrity of information on climate change in their business practices;”
- For civil society and academia, to “Integrate information integrity on climate change in their work.”
“We welcome the launch of this first Declaration which brings together interconnected risks for humanity: the fight against climate change and for better information ecosystems, said Camille Grenier. Still, we desperately need to move beyond declarations of good intentions and implement concrete measures. In the coming months, our dedicated workstream will build on the Declaration to further develop concrete national plans of action for each signatory.”
This outcome builds on the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change led by UNESCO, the UN and the Government of Brazil. As a member of the Advisory Group of this Initiative, the Forum on Information and Democracy has contributed to drafting the Declaration and ensuring topics such as media sustainability and safety of journalists are included in the final draft.
FID’s contribution notably built on the first recommendations of its workstream on Strengthening Information Integrity on Climate Change and other Environmental Issues, co-led by the Governments of Armenia and of Brazil. Since February 2025, this workstream has brought together governments, researchers and civil society to define structural solutions that ensure the balance between regulation and freedom of expression.
The organization is committed to promoting this text amongst the signatory States of the International Partnership for Information and Democracy, and hope that it will be followed by concrete measures at the international, national and local levels.
The first signatory States of the Declaration are:
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Iceland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Uruguay
