Post by António Guterres

The #COP30 Climate Conference - the “COP of Truth” - has seen a breakthrough moment in the fight against disinformation. Fossil fuel and other vested interests undermine action by opposing researchers, scientists and journalists, dismissing scientific consensus, manufacturing false narratives about solutions, and getting policy makers to believe that the public opposes climate action when the opposite is true. I welcome the stand taken by the 13 countries that have signed the Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change, which marks first time information integrity has been prioritized in international climate talks. I urge other countries to join this effort and to cement information integrity into COP processes. We cannot achieve climate action without information integrity. We must preserve both the information environment necessary for democratic decision-making and the global cooperation essential for addressing the climate crisis.