The June Climate Meetings took place in the end of June 2025 on the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany. These meetings help set the agenda for the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference.  

The June Climate Meetings are also the time for the annual in-session Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) dialogue, which brings together stakeholders to discuss elements of the Glasgow Work Programme on ACE [learn more here].

IFLA was excited to see that Information Integrity on Climate Change was presented as a key topic on the agenda this year. This aligns with the UN Global Principles for Information Integrity, which was launched by the UN in June 2024, and seeks to counter the effect of disinformation on climate policy and public perception.

Read on for an overview and to learn how you can get involved.

Information Integrity on Climate Change

During the G20 Summit in November 2024, the Brazilian Government, in partnership with the United Nations and UNESCO, launched the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change (GIIICC). This is an international coalition, which has now been joined by Chile, Denmark, France, Morrocco, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Brazil will host the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém this November.  The Brazilian Presidency is elevating information integrity for the first time at a COP, by including it on the COP30 Action Agenda with its own Special Envoy.

The ACE Workshop at SB62, which focusses on developing and implementing national climate change policies, plans, strategies and action, placed a strong emphasis on the GIIICC. In particular, it looked at how ACE across its elements can address inaccurate or malicious narratives on the climate crisis.

Libraries and Information Integrity on Climate Change

It was stressed during the ACE Workshop that culture, education, and research institutions have a strong role to play in reaching all people, and ensuring climate education and communication is lifelong and community-wide. This was reiterated in participatory discussions on climate communication, co-facilitated by Claire McGuire (IFLA) and Mayra Santo (Secretariat for Social Communication (SECOM) Brazil).

Speakers noted that localisation must go beyond translation – climate information must reflect people’s worldview, culture and experiences. It was also reiterated that media and information literacy learning must go hand-in-hand with climate empowerment – a role that libraries are well suited to lead.

The integration of information integrity for climate change is an opportunity to further highlight the role of libraries in climate empowerment. It places additional emphasis on the public participation and public access to information elements of ACE, which opens up more opportunities for exploring ACE beyond the formal education system.

Global Call to Action (Mutirão): Information Integrity on Climate Change

Are you working on information integrity or media and information literacy on climate change?
Would you like an opportunity to amplify library contributions to this critical topic on the international stage?

The GIIICC has launched a Global Call to Action (Mutirão) for Information Integrity on Climate Change. “Mutirão” is a Brazilian Portuguese word referring to a community coming together to work on a shared task for the benefit of the collective. This concept will be a central part of the work at COP30.

The call seeks to identify and amplify concrete initiatives that promote information integrity in addressing climate change disinformation. Selected proposals may be featured as part of the official programme at COP30.

Interested parties may respond to the call with existing actions in areas such as:

  • Research on disinformation and other threats to climate information integrity;
  • Tools and methods to promote climate information integrity;
  • Communication strategies and campaigns;
  • Support for environmental journalism;
  • Protecting scientific data and data sets related to climate change;
  • Media, information and digital literacy related to climate change.

Let’s Highlight Libraries!

  • Find out more about the Global Call to Action on Information Integrity on Climate Change here.
  • Apply before 31 August, access the application form here.

Contact IFLA ([email protected]) for more information or support in responding to the global call to action.