Workstream on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Other Environmental Issues｜Interim report ahead of COP30

Recognizing the growing threats posed by climate and environmental disinformation, attacks against press freedom, environmental journalists and activists and the importance of information integrity to tackle the climate and environmental crisis, the governments of Armenia and Brazil, in collaboration with the Forum on Information and Democracy, launched a dedicated workstream as part of the Partnership for Information and Democracy in February 2025. Convening interested States from the Partnership for Information and Democracy, civil society organisations, and researchers, the workstream held four meetings to examine challenges, share research, and identify practical policy and institutional responses.

The workstream on Information Integrity, Climate Change, and Other Environmental Issues, coordinates its efforts with the Global Initiative on Information Integrity on Climate Change and provides insights in the run-up to COP30 hosted by Brazil and COP17 to be hosted in 2026 by Armenia.

This interim report provides the preliminary results of the workstream, both the analysis of the information crisis, and the policy recommendations that can inspire COP30 discussions and outcomes.