https://www.un.org/climatechange/information-integrity
UN.org excerpt: The Brazilian government, the United Nations and UNESCO are joining forces to strengthen research and measures to address disinformation campaigns that are delaying and derailing climate action.
“We must also take on climate disinformation. Together with Brazil and UNESCO, the United Nations is launching the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change. We will work with researchers and partners to strengthen action against climate disinformation.” – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
The Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change aims to boost support for urgent climate action at a time when scientists are warning that the world is running out of time.
Announced at the G20 Leaders Summit in Rio de Janeiro in November 2024, the Initiative is a dedicated multilateral collaboration among States and international organizations to fund research and action promoting information integrity on climate issues.
“This initiative will bring together countries, international organizations, and networks of researchers to support joint efforts to combat disinformation and promote actions in preparation for COP30 in Brazil.” – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil
Aiming to expand the scope and breadth of research into climate disinformation and its impacts, the effort will gather evidence from around the world to inform and bolster strategic action, advocacy and communications.
The Initiative responds to the commitment in the Global Digital Compact, adopted by United Nations Members States at the Summit of the Future in September 2024, which encourages UN entities, in collaboration with Governments and relevant stakeholders, to assess the impact of mis- and disinformation on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
“Through this initiative, we will support the journalists and researchers investigating climate issues, sometimes at great risk to themselves, and fight the climate-related disinformation running rampant on social media.” – Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO
As part of the Initiative, a Global Fund will be created to finance networked, in-depth research that will contribute to exposing and dismantling disinformation related to climate change, as well as socializing the results of the research. The Fund will be administered and implemented by UNESCO and will be structured as a Multi-Partner Trust Fund.
The Initiative will support and strengthen existing communications campaigns on climate change to mitigate and counter climate disinformation, particularly in the lead-up to the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP30, to be held in Brazil in November 2025. It will also support ongoing advocacy and communications to strengthen the integrity of information environments globally and work to garner support from civil society and scientific groups worldwide.
Among those joining the Initiative are UN Member States (Chile, Denmark, France, Morocco, Sweden and the United Kingdom have confirmed participation), UN entities (UN Climate Change, the World Meteorological Organization), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and civil society representatives.
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‘Verified for Climate’
One of the ongoing key efforts to stand up to climate disinformation is Verified for Climate, a joint initiative of the United Nations and the social impact agency Purpose, promoting solutions-focused, science-based information to debunk myths and put an end to the narratives of denialism, doomism, and delay.
Originally launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ‘Verified’ is a global communications infrastructure that addresses the most pressing and emerging challenges of mis- and disinformation around the world.
‘Verified for Climate’ is based on a three-pillar approach: trusted messenger and community engagement to engage and persuade audiences at a ground level; global creative campaigns to reach target audiences en masse and make visible the issue; and convenings that focus on insights from climate communications experts, leveraging solutions to encourage global cooperation.
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So, when the UN Secretary General says things like “the oceans are boiling”, will action be taken against him for the disinformation he is spewing?
I’m guessing no.
Then they will further show that they are simply authoritarian propagandists.
If their purpose really is “to debunk myths and put an end to the narratives of denialism, doomism, and delay” then they are obligated to take action. Doesn’t “the oceans are boiling” fall under doomism? Or do I misunderstand what they mean by “doomism”?
“When I use a word,’ António Guterres said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’
Ben Franklin Quote –
Half truths are often the greatest lie.
skeptical science – Serious level of BS/ omissions and outright lies with each of the 33 myths supposedly busted
https://climate.law.columbia.edu/news/sabin-center-releases-new-report-rebutting-33-false-claims-about-solar-wind-and-electric
I would be much more receptive if the rebutting came from an Electrical Engineering department with a robust Electric Power Systems program. Law school – no.
Good point
FWIW – about half of the “myths rebutted ” are myths the authors made up that no one is making.
the other half of rebuttals highly distort the facts.
Climate Etc Judith curry’s website has had a couple frequent posters that have worked in the grid industry for decades and are quite knowledgable.
Skeptical Science commentators have insulted those industry experts because they are not “renewable energy experts” such as guys like mark jacobson.
That raises the obvious question – How can someone be an expert in something they have never actually done?
Lawyers have very little grasp of actual science.
What they are really good at is twisting and distorting and using sickly bias to select the information produced.
This is a classic case of that massive agenda-driven bias.
but… but… 97% of scientists agree with him! /s
To the UN Secretary General and his Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change:
“Physician, heal thyself”
— the Bible, Luke 4:23
That’s good to hear. They can support people like Pielke Jr, Andy May, Bjorn Lomborg, Steve Mcintyre, Ross McKitrick…
If even a 10th of the effort put into silencing any dissent were put into providing evidence for Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming, we would have some real evidence of either its existence or non-existence.
Such a terrible waste of taxpayers’ money! These charlatans should be hung out to dry immediately. The whole UN should also be defunded entirely. It’s plainly past its use-by date.
The UN, as Churchill imagined it, was supposed to consist of the free democracies that had fought against the Axis powers in WWII. But the FDR administration, with their numerous Marxist useful idiots, fought to include Stalin’s USSR; and it has been going downhill ever since!
Now just a drinking club for totalitarians, left and right; the UN has all the legitimacy of a bastard child born to stripper. No wonder Joe Bribe’em and the DemoKKKrats feel such a connection!
It was meant to include all countries to stop a future war between the more important power players which (of course) included the USSR. So we had a series of proxy wars like Vietnam and currently Ukraine.
The West is no longer interested in diplomacy, getting ready for ( or already fully in) WW3. congrats..
“Such a terrible waste of taxpayers’ money!”
Actually, the benefits of CO2 and hydrocarbon fuels are massive, all of society is built on them.
Since this graph is to do with getting rid of CO2 and fossil fuels, the “benefit” should be a massively negative value.
There is a massive negative benefit arising from the Paris accords and the moronic Net-Zero agenda
Fixed.
They fell at the first hurdle.
The US should leave the UN tomorrow and give them sixty days to evacuate the headquarters in New York and any other place they have facilities in the US. There has to be a better use of those facilities than housing the UN. What a waste.
When Donald Trump becomes president, he will terminate “donations” to the UNFCCC,
the UN COP, and the IPCC. He will also indicate that the US will not attend COP30 next November.
90 days following Monday, Jan. 20, is appropriate. That will be a Sunday – April 20th.
So make it 5 PM on the 21st. 🤠
The UN is the greatest threat to democracy. Since November, their prime purpose is to undermine the legitimacy of Trump.
Why should the USA house this festering web of globalists to work against the interests of the USA.
undermine the legitimacy of Western Civilization….
Fixed it.
A better use for the facilities would be housing for NYCs homeless. That way there would more appreciation for New Yorkers, and far less drug and alcohol abuse! Maybe Hochul could run it!
Caring for the homeless is a much better job for Hochul. She might not be able to do a very good job of it but at least she would no longer be able to destroy all of New York’s citizens.
We must also take on climate disinformation.
Disinformation is coming from both sides – focus on one and you achieve nothing.
Sadly, I can blame the “climate crisis” group from so badly affecting one of our long-time friends for feeling guilty about having children and grandchildren – all well adjusted members of society.
Shame on the fearmongers.
More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads.
The path of Net Zero leads to despair and utter hopelessness.
The other, Catastrophic Climate Change, to total extinction.
Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
The other, Catastrophic Climate Change, to total extinction.
How?
Like you said “Disinformation is coming from both sides”
There is no evidence of Catastrophic Climate Change.
It is a total myth. !
Well, obviously this mythical crossroads has at least one other pathway, ridicule the panic-mongers, and carry on in humanity’s best interests, just as we have always tended to to.
David, you forgot the real alternative. Just ignore the whole climate scenario as a problem and get on with progressing real science and technology to achieve societies goals including solving any environmental issues that crop up. Humanity isn’t the scourge that the radical ecological activists worry about, we are the solution!
I apologise. Just trying to inject some poor humour into the conversation.
We are Divergent!
That’s a false premises. There are far more than two choices.
There is also no present Catastrophic Climate Change, as the climate is getting a bit warmer, and it’s a wholly good thing.
Post says:”Disinformation is coming from both sides…”.
Please site disinformation coming from the “increased CO2 is not a problem” side.
Or the “net zero is impossible to achieve” side.
Or the “wind mills and solar are bad for the grid” side.
I can’t. I’m on your side.
US out of UN. UN out of US!
The US means all of us globally!
Any doubts that this whole thing has nothing to do with weather?
The UN charter opens with:
Now that they have stopped all the wars. They want to stop disinformation.
The people need to cut off the funding to this lunatic asylum.
Yep . And Brazil. Come on DOGE !!
They really want to rule the world don’t they. !
and with a iron fist
Without facing a popular vote, like all good Marxists.
scientists are warning that the world is running out of time.
The proper spelling for ‘corrupt politicians’ is NOT ‘scientists’.
The world is not running out of time. People may be running out of time, but then again, they always do.
The most effective way to distribute propaganda is to censor all contrary thought.
Who “owns the science” ?????
WEF says they do.
UN. Unhinged Nutters.
The only people in this world who are afraid of and endangered by the free flow of information are those who are telling lies. Their solution is always to suppress the free flow of information.
The people telling the truth are not the ones fighting “disinformation”. They simply tell the truth and let the chips fall where they may.
When God’s reality declines to prove you right, burning the heretics must suffice.
So wherever censorship is seen, everyone knows why it was thought necessary.
So true.
This new initiative is in reality extremely good news.as it is unequivocal evidence that the Green tyrants are losing.
Trump should kick the UN out of the country.
Sounds like they’ll be coming for Anthony Watts, international climate “criminal”.
What about United Nations climate change disinformation? Who is keeping an eye on that? Oh, that’s right, we are. 🙂
Apparently, we are doing a pretty good job of it, as they are now feeling they need to create a new organization to go after Climate Crisis skeptics. The current level of climate crisis scaremongering is not enough. Climate Alarmists must do more!
Well, when you come after WUWT, you need to bring your evidence for CO2 being the bad guy.
This monster is driven by UNESCO. Trump may not be quitting the UN, but then at least he should stop the US funding unesco.
Marxism 101.
There are five energy-use sectors, and the amounts—in a quadrillion BTUs (or quads)—of their primary energy consumption in 2020 were:
Total 92.93quads
Quad = Quadrillion BTUs.
Data from http://www.eia.gov
In the American system each of the denominations above 1,000 millions (the American billion) is 1,000 times the preceding one (one trillion = 1,000 billions; one quadrillion = 1,000 trillions).
There are 1,000,000,000,000,000 BTUs in a Quad, or one quadrillion.
To convert a quad measurement to a megawatt-hour measurement you multiply the energy by the conversion ratio – 293071070.17222
The energy in megawatt-hours is equal to the quads multiplied by 293,071,070.17222
To Achieve the Mythical “Net Zero” You would need 27,235,094,551.1….[calculator ran out of digits] Megawatts of electricity generated each year. That is the Total generated Electricity, NOT the hourly generated. To determine that number you divide that number by 365 X 24 or 8,760.
Dividing 27,235,094,551.1 by 8,760 = 3,109,029.0583 Megawatts. That is the average hourly power that needs to be generated. However, on any typical day the peak is three times the average and the minimum is about ¼ the average. Thus to meet typical peak loads you need three times that power generated along with the regulatory mandated extra 10 percent, to minimize outages and maintain reliability. Roughly 10,000,000 Megawatts of power being generated at any moment.
A quick glance and you conclude that you only need 1,000,000 10-Megawatt Wind turbines. But that would be grossly insufficient as a wind turbine is only effective 20% of the time. Thus, you actually need five times as many or 5 million 10-Megawatt wind turbines.
Now you are going to claim that “You are ignoring all of the Solar panels and farms.” Sorry, but all of them or the equivalent amount of wind turbines will be needed to charge battery’s so that you have electricity when the wind is not blowing. In most areas of the US at least once a month the wind does not blow for over a week, not even a breeze for days, weeks at a time.
Homework: Calculate how much this will cost the USA to achieve Net Zero.
According to the US Energy Information Administration, the United States consumes approximately 16% of the world’s energy. Multiply by 6.25 for the GLOBAL use.
Result: NET ZERO IS IMPOSSIBLE. Only the UN profits.
Step one.. UN doesn’t like fossil fuel energy..
Turn off the electricity to the UN building when there is no wind and after dark. 🙂
From the Chris Martz video link to the WEF session:
“We own the science”
This should be sufficient for any rational thinker to doubt the veracity of the UN/WEF/etc.
Of course, one should not assume that pro-CAGW proponents are rational thinkers.
That statement should raise even more scepticism than “We are from the government, We are here to help”
The UN needs to understand that there is no real evidence that CO2 has any effect on our global climate system. The AGW hypothesis has been falsified by science. It is all a matter of science. It is the UN that has been spreading disinformation regarding climate change.
These disinformation initiatives have WUWT directly in their sights — a welcome development.