事实、虚假信息与 候科学 关于提升气候议题信息完整性的建议
Summary
The document identifies a strategic shift from outright climate denial to 'strategic doubt,' where influential economic and political actors—including fossil fuel companies and right-wing populist movements—deliberately spread misleading information to obstruct climate action. It highlights that policymakers are primary targets of these campaigns, which are disseminated through traditional media, social media, and non-public corporate channels. The report notes a significant research gap in the Global South and proposes four policy interventions: mandatory standardized carbon reporting, litigation against greenwashing, the creation of cross-sectoral voluntary alliances, and the enhancement of scientific and media literacy for the public and officials.
Key insights
- Climate disinformation has evolved from total denial of the fact of climate change to 'strategic doubt,' which acknowledges climate change as a fact but questions its human causes, the feasibility of solutions, and their cost-effectiveness to delay action.
- Policymakers, including elected officials and civil servants, are central targets in the communication chain of disinformation, receiving unreliable data through corporate sustainability reports, greenwashing PR, and partisan briefings.
- Disinformation erodes public trust in climate science and the institutions responsible for translating evidence into policy, creating a vicious cycle where elite-driven skepticism fuels public opposition to climate policies.
- There is a severe lack of research on climate information integrity in the Global South, while research remains heavily concentrated in the Global North.
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- International Panel on the Information Environment (2025). 事实、虚假信息与 候科学 关于提升气候议题信息完整性的建议. https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/643ecb10be528d2c1da863cb/68ffea8ac6e8e8a98a5d627c_ZH_SFP2025.2%20-%20Facts%20Fakes%20and%20Climate%20Science.pdf
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- International Panel on the Information Environment. 事实、虚假信息与 候科学 关于提升气候议题信息完整性的建议. 2025. https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/643ecb10be528d2c1da863cb/68ffea8ac6e8e8a98a5d627c_ZH_SFP2025.2%20-%20Facts%20Fakes%20and%20Climate%20Science.pdf.
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- BibTeX
- @techreport{internationalpanelontheinformationenvironment2025, author = {{International Panel on the Information Environment}}, title = {{事实、虚假信息与 候科学 关于提升气候议题信息完整性的建议}}, institution = {International Panel on the Information Environment}, year = {2025}, month = feb, url = {https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/643ecb10be528d2c1da863cb/68ffea8ac6e8e8a98a5d627c_ZH_SFP2025.2%20-%20Facts%20Fakes%20and%20Climate%20Science.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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