Confronted with the rise in climate disinformation, France has committed itself to the Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change, adopted by 12 States on 12 November 2025. It calls for a coordinated international effort by the international community, civil society and the private sector to guarantee reliable, transparent information on the climate.
The Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change
The Declaration calls on governments to adopt laws respectful of human rights in order to guarantee the reliability of information on the climate, protect journalists and researchers, facilitate access to climate data, finance research on climate disinformation (in particular in countries of the South), make digital platforms aware of their responsibilities and strengthen climate education.
The adoption of the Declaration is part of a drive initiated by the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change. Launched by Brazil in 2024 with the support of UNESCO and the UN among others, the initiative led to information integrity being included for the first time in COP30’s Action Agenda (Key Objective no.30) and in the ACE 2025 (Action for Climate Empowerment 2025) Dialogues.
The creation of a fund administered by UNESCO with the goal of raising $10-15 million will support not-for-profit organizations to produce investigations into the integrity of climate-related information, multi-media content and public awareness-raising campaigns.
France’s ongoing commitment to reliable information
France joined the global initiative as soon as it was launched: it will continue to support committed journalists, particularly via Reporters Without Borders and the International Fund For Public Interest Media (IFPIM), an initiative which has already supported more than 100 media organizations in 30 countries.
France is and will remain at the forefront of defending information integrity, transparency and the central role of science in every field. Through the signature of a joint declaration on 5 June 2025 during the Brazilian President’s state visit to Paris for the United Nations Ocean Conference, President Macron and President Lula positioned themselves as global leaders in the fight against climate disinformation.
France thus initiated the Paris Declaration on Multilateral Action for Information Integrity and Independent Media, signed in Paris on 29 October 2025 at the International Conference on Information Integrity and Independent Media. This initiative rallied a coalition of 31 representatives of States and international organizations around a joint commitment: to recognize that independent and reliable information constitutes a shared public good.
Monique Barbut, Minister for the Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Climate and Nature Negotiations, said: “The battle for the climate will be won only with the commitment of citizens: this is why guaranteeing everyone reliable, science-based information is essential for keeping up collective efforts and making the ecological transition a success.”
Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, said: “True to its commitment to press freedom and an honest, free and regulated information space, my ministry has helped train over 2,000 journalists all over the world to more effectively counter information manipulation and support the creation of two hubs, in Paris and Bucharest, designed to host around 100 journalists in exile. We’ll continue our action.”
