‘We must fight all attempts to undermine climate action, regardless the actor’: UN at COP30

by Tim Hinchliffe

Criticizing UN policies is now considered to be dangerous disinformation for impeding progress on Agenda 2030: perspective

At COP30 in Brazil a UN rep denounces “purveyors of climate disinformation,” stating, “We must fight all attempts in the information ecosystem to undermine climate action, regardless of the actor.”

Speaking at the COP30 “Press Conference of the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change” on November 12, UN Senior Adviser on Information Integrity Charlotte Scaddan said that powerful actors were “undermining climate action” by “questioning scientific consensus around climate change and creating false narratives around climate solutions.”

“We must fight all attempts in the information ecosystem to undermine climate action, regardless of the actor”Charlotte Scaddan, COP30 Press Conference, November 2025

According to Scaddan:

“Purveyors of climate disinformation don’t simply deny climate change. They undermine climate action by attacking researchers, scientists, and journalists personally, by questioning the scientific consensus around climate change and creating false narratives around climate solutions.

“And they’re also seeking to skew the perceptions of policymakers of the people here negotiating to make them think that the public opposes climate action when in reality the opposite is true.”

In other words, those who criticize climate policies — those who don’t necessarily deny climate change itself but are skeptical of climate policies like net-zero, carbon taxes, reducing meat consumption, and restricting travel — they are the true spreaders of dangerous disinformation.

These “purveyors of climate disinformation” are impeding progress on UN Agenda 2030, so anything they say, no matter how well-researched, must be stamped out.

In Scaddan’s own words, anything that can “undermine climate action” must be fought, “regardless of the actor.”

That actor can be a scientist. That actor can be a journalist. That actor can be a concerned citizen, but that doesn’t matter to the unelected globalists at the UN.