Two of the defining crises of our time, climate change and the erosion of information integrity, are no longer unfolding in parallel; they are increasingly reinforcing one another in ways that deepen risks to peace and security.
At the COP30 side event on “Bridging the Gap: Making Climate Finance Work for the Underserved”, the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change and the Climate Security Mechanism (CSM) welcomed the Addis Ababa Declaration on Media, Climate, Peace, Security and Justice and committed to: (i) jointly develop practical guidance for United Nations field presences; (ii) integrate information integrity indicators into climate, peace and security-related analysis; and (iii) promote research and investigative journalism on these issues, alongside piloting training for local journalists and fact-checkers in 2026. This article seeks to unpack these commitments and consider what they mean in practice from a climate, peace and security perspective.
