US EditionCriminalize Fossil Fuel Disinformation, Says UN Rapporteur - CleanTechnica
GENEVA, JUL 2 – UN special rapporteur Elisa Morgera calls for criminal penalties on fossil fuel disinformation and bans on industry lobbying and ads to protect human rights and meet 2030 phase-out targets.
- Elisa Morgera presented a UN report urging criminalizing climate skepticism, banning fossil fuel lobbying and advertising, and phasing out oil, gas, and coal by 2030.
- Morgera states international law obliges states to inform citizens about fossil fuel harms and phase them out, but industry tactics have undermined human rights for decades.
- Evidence from the June IPIE study shows powerful actors spreading misinformation, causing severe, cumulative human rights harms across the fossil fuel life cycle.
- Following the report, activists are escalating efforts to silence critics, with climate skeptic Martz receiving private messages urging his arrest for alleged misinformation.
- UN mechanisms have identified states’ obligation to phase out fossil fuels and criminalize disinformation, with top UN expert urging governments to act by 2030.
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TRIBUNE. For the far right and part of the right, the numerous false information that has circulated about low-emission areas was aimed at reaping the electoral fruits of such a sustained anger, to the detriment of the 40,000 deaths per year caused by pollution, according to Terra Nova's director Thierry Pech, and the former consultant at the Elysée, Marine Braud.
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The United Nations’ top climate and human rights expert urged governments to criminalize fossil fuel disinformation, ban industry lobbying and ads, and phase out oil, gas, and coal by 2030 to meet their legal obligations under international law.Nina Lakhani reports for The Guardian.In short:UN special rapporteur Elisa Morgera called on wealthy nations including the United States, UK, and Canada to stop all fossil fuel subsidies, end exploration …
UN Climate Expert Urges Criminalization of Fossil Fuel Disinformation to Protect Basic Human Rights
United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights Elisa Morgera on Monday presented a new report to the General Assembly calling for the criminalization of spreading disinformation regarding the climate crisis, as well as a complete ban on fossil fuel lobbying and advertising by the industry. In The imperative of defossilizing our economies report, Morgera argues that the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and other rich fossil…
Criminalize Fossil Fuel Disinformation, Says UN Rapporteur - CleanTechnica
The latest report from Elisa Morgera, the UN special rapporteur on human rights and climate change, is an extraordinary document that every member of the CleanTechnica community should read. We know that is a challenge in our online digital world that moves at the speed of TikTok, but if you ... [continued] The post Criminalize Fossil Fuel Disinformation, Says UN Rapporteur appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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Chief Adviser urges UN to promote self-regulation in media to fight disinformation - Lanka Business News
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday 02 July 2025 urged the United Nations to develop an effective mechanism to fight disinformation and support media maintaining ethical standards. The Chief Adviser made the call when Susan Vize, Head of Office and UNESCO Representative to Bangladesh, and Mehdi Benchelah, Senior Project Officer, Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists Section, UNESCO, called on him at the State Guest Hous…
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