UNESCO-PREV Chair co-holder Marie-Ève Carignan concluded her visit to COP28 in Dubai on December 5.
She was there to present two panels, organized by Équiterre, which were a great success. They were part of the activities of the Canada and Francophonie pavilions, and dealt with climate misinformation and polarization. (https://www.equiterre.org/fr/articles/equiterre-cop28-desinformation-climatique)
To view the Francophonie pavilion panel: https://epavillonclimatique.francophonie.org/programmation/371
It was also an opportunity to begin work on the recently granted Fonds de Recherche du Québec project “La désinformation et les changements climatiques au Québec et au Canada : Acteurs, discours, adhésion et solutions”. (https://frq.gouv.qc.ca/annonce-doctrois-les-frq-financent-9-projets-de-recherche-pour-lutter-contre-la-desinformation-au-quebec/).
This project aims to gain a better understanding of online climate misinformation, the different actors and discourses involved, the level and factors of public support for it, including their effects on social polarization, and ways of countering it, in particular by promoting open and pluralistic exchanges on this issue, so as to preserve a certain social cohesion in the face of the difficult choices we will (or won’t) have to make. This project will also lead to future international collaborations.
The UNESCO-PREV Chair is pleased to be able to explore solutions to the issue of climate misinformation, thanks to funding from the Fonds de Recherche du Québec.
