A new initiative to ensure the reliability of climate information generated by artificial intelligence is being launched by the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change.
The Priorities for Action on AI and Climate Information Integrity, which is set to be launched at COP31 on 13 November, follows on from a warning by the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI that as more people turn to chatbots for climate information, ‘producing fluent text is easier than producing factual text’.
The priorities will seek to set out measures that governments, AI actors, advertisers, researchers, journalists and other related parties can do to ensure climate information on AI is trustworthy.
A separate initiative, the Charter for Climate Information Integrity in Advertising, will be launched on 14 November, which calls on advertisers, advertising agencies and digital platforms to stop funding climate disinformation.
Belém Declaration
Both initiatives follow on from progress made at COP30, where information integrity entered a COP outcome decision for the first time – the Belém Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change. To date, 29 countries, along with the European Union, have committed to the declaration.
The Global Initiative will also hold two pavilion sessions on the topic – on 14 November, the SDG Pavilion will host a discussion on the relationship between climate information integrity and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals, subtitled ‘From Words To Action’.
This will be followed by a session at the UN Pavilion on 16 November, which will examine what effective policy looks like in practice.
Global Initiative
The Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change was launched by the Government of Brazil, the United Nations and UNESCO at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro, which took place in November 2024. It brings together governments, international organisations and civil society to strengthen research and action on climate information integrity.
The Global Fund for Information Integrity on Climate Change also falls under its remit. Read more here.
