ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (April 4, 2022) – The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute, a global nonprofit for journalistic excellence, has awarded $800,000 in grant support to fact-checkers, climate organizations and solution providers working to combat false and misleading information about climate change.
In partnership with Meta, the Climate Misinformation Grant Program will support nine projects from seven countries including France, Kenya, Romania, Poland, Spain, India and the United States.
“As the scientific community continues to report the severity of climate change, the fact-checking community is tracking spikes in misinformation that denies or downplays its threat to society,” said Ferdi Özsoy, program manager at the IFCN. “This grant program gives practitioners the resources to forge new partnerships with climate change experts and ultimately develop new techniques that fact-checkers around the world can use to reduce the harm of climate misinformation.”
A six-member committee made up of independent climate experts, scientists and researchers selected the recipients. Projects were reviewed against criteria such as strengthening access, understanding and acceptance of authoritative climate science information; tailoring efforts to combat viral misinformation content unique to climate change; and building solutions targeted to users who are vulnerable to the effects of climate change or are disproportionately exposed to climate...
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