AI Firms Urged to Disclose Climate Information Impact
Non-binding priorities launched at COP31 ask AI developers to assess and publish how their systems affect climate information integrity.
Updated on Nov. 13, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
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The Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change launched the Priorities for Action on AI and Climate Information Integrity at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, on November 13, 2026. The framework is a set of policy priorities and calls to action, not a binding rule, and no AI product or system is described as shipped.
Why it matters
The Priorities ask AI companies to assess how their systems affect climate information integrity and to publish their findings, a move toward disclosure norms for generative AI in a domain where AI-made images and video can spread faster than official warnings during climate disasters. It builds on the Belém Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change, launched at COP30 in Brazil, extending that effort into AI governance.
The Priorities request that AI companies disclose energy use and carbon, water and land footprints, though no specific metrics or reporting format are specified. The Charter, launched the same day, calls for transparency across the advertising supply chain.
The players
Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change
A multistakeholder effort co-chaired by the United Nations, UNESCO and Brazil that works to counter climate misinformation across digital platforms.
United Nations
The international body whose General Assembly established the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI in 2025 and which co-chairs the Global Initiative.
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which co-chairs the Global Initiative and works on information integrity and AI ethics.
The details
The Priorities are a set of calls to action rather than technical standards. They ask AI companies to assess how their systems affect climate information integrity, publish their findings, and disclose the energy and resource footprints of their operations, including carbon, water and land use. They also urge governments to fold information integrity into national AI strategies and climate plans. The companion Charter for Climate Information Integrity in Advertising calls for transparency across the advertising supply chain so advertisers can see where their ads appear while still respecting user privacy.
Timeline
2025: The UN General Assembly established the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI.
2025: The Belém Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change was launched at COP30 in Brazil.
November 13, 2026: The Priorities and the Charter were launched at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye.
The Tech Race
The Priorities place AI accountability for climate content alongside the UN's 2025 establishment of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, a parallel track of international AI governance. The move follows the COP30 Belém Declaration, shifting the focus from climate misinformation generally toward the role of generative AI systems in producing it.
The Priorities are non-binding calls, so no immediate change to AI tools people use is described in the source. Their practical reach depends on whether AI companies publish the requested findings and footprint disclosures and whether national governments write them into AI strategies and climate plans, timelines the source does not specify.
The takeaway
The Priorities signal that climate misinformation is becoming a question of AI accountability, not only platform moderation. Watch whether any AI developer publishes the assessment and resource-footprint disclosures the Priorities request, and whether the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI addresses climate information in its work.
Further reading
For broader context on how governments and companies are approaching these questions, see Artificial Intelligence coverage on the site.
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