Climate Action Requires Truth: COP30 Must Codify Information Integrity

An open letter released on November 12, 2025, during COP30 in Belém, urging national government delegations to adopt a mandatory decision to uphold information integrity on climate change to counter disinformation campaigns primarily funded by the fossil fuel industry.

• The authors argue that coordinated disinformation campaigns, largely organized and financed by the fossil fuel industry, are intentionally creating a false perception of public apathy and division to delay climate policy and discredit renewable energy solutions.
• Climate disinformation is characterized as a global emergency and a direct threat to public health, human rights, and security. It is claimed that these campaigns sabotage international cooperation and make the goals of the Paris Agreement unattainable.
• The letter identifies Big Tech and vested-interest media as the primary vehicles for mass-producing manipulative content, and calls for governments to use legislative and regulatory powers to stop the monetization of disinformation and greenwashing.
• The signatories demand that COP30 move beyond the mere recognition of the problem to a mandatory, verifiable decision. They call for an official acknowledgement that information integrity is a prerequisite for effective climate action and the protection of human rights.

APA

Kurdi, L. (2025). Climate Action Requires Truth: COP30 Must Codify Information Integrity. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. https://cape.ca/open-letter_climate-action-requires-truth-cop30-must-codify-information-integrity/

Chicago

Kurdi, Loujain. Climate Action Requires Truth: COP30 Must Codify Information Integrity. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, 2025. https://cape.ca/open-letter_climate-action-requires-truth-cop30-must-codify-information-integrity/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{kurdi2025climate, author = {Kurdi, Loujain}, title = {{Climate Action Requires Truth: COP30 Must Codify Information Integrity}}, publisher = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2025}, month = nov, url = {https://cape.ca/open-letter_climate-action-requires-truth-cop30-must-codify-information-integrity/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }