Plan national pour l’intégrité de l’information climatique et environnementale

The report outlines 17 specific measures to protect the integrity of environmental information in France. These include institutionalizing the monitoring of media coverage via the Observatoire des Médias sur l’Ecologie, protecting environmental spokespeople from harassment, and integrating climate disinformation as a systemic risk under the EU's Digital Services Act. It advocates for stronger editorial safeguards against shareholder conflicts of interest, mandatory 'climate contracts' to fight greenwashing, and specialized training for public officials, journalists, and students. Internationally, it urges France to lead the Global Initiative for Climate Information Integrity (GI3C) and coordinate with European regulators via the EU Media Board.

• The report advocates for the permanent institutionalization and funding of the Observatoire des Médias sur l’Ecologie (OMÉ), which is currently the only structured system capable of quantifying airtime and press articles on climate crises in near real-time.
• Environmental journalists, scientists, and activists face increasing threats, including death threats, cyber-harassment, and 'SLAPP' lawsuits; the report notes that during the first heatwave of 2026 in France, weather journalists and climatologist Christophe Cassou reported receiving threats and intimidation.
• The document proposes that France use its upcoming presidency of the EU Media Board to make the fight against scientific and climate disinformation a shared priority among European regulators.
• The report argues for the explicit recognition of climate disinformation as a 'systemic risk' under Article 34 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) to force very large online platforms (VLOPs) and search engines (VLOSEs) to mitigate these risks.
• There is a call to strengthen the mandate of VIGINUM to specifically detect foreign digital interference targeting scientific, environmental, and health issues, which are viewed as tools in 'hybrid wars'.
• The report suggests making 'climate contracts' (contrats climat) mandatory and enforceable for all subject companies to combat greenwashing, as current voluntary schemes are deemed insufficiently ambitious.
• The document highlights a critical lack of interministerial crisis communication protocols to handle disinformation during extreme weather events, citing examples from Maui (2023), Valencia (2024), and France (2026) where disinformation can endanger lives.
• To ensure long-term resilience, the plan proposes integrating climate disinformation into national media education (EMI) programs via CLEMI and making a module on scientific and environmental information mandatory in journalism schools.

APA

QuotaClimat (n.d.). Plan national pour l’intégrité de l’information climatique et environnementale. https://quotaclimat.org/app/uploads/2026/07/Proposition_QuotaClimat_pour_le_plan_national_sur_lintegrite.pdf

Chicago

QuotaClimat. Plan national pour l’intégrité de l’information climatique et environnementale. n.d. https://quotaclimat.org/app/uploads/2026/07/Proposition_QuotaClimat_pour_le_plan_national_sur_lintegrite.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{quotaclimatndplan, author = {{QuotaClimat}}, title = {{Plan national pour l’intégrité de l’information climatique et environnementale}}, institution = {QuotaClimat}, url = {https://quotaclimat.org/app/uploads/2026/07/Proposition_QuotaClimat_pour_le_plan_national_sur_lintegrite.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }