2025:Program/Information integrity on Climate Change and the role of Wikimedia projects
Session title: Information integrity on Climate Change and the role of Wikimedia projects
- Session type: Panel
- Track: Partnerships
- Language: en
đ„ Session recording: https://w.wiki/FDN9 đ„
Climate change and the environment have been topics of impact around which Wikimedia communities have developed interesting campaigns, projects, and partnerships in recent years. Within this framework, the Working Group on Climate Justice and Wikimedia Projects in Latin America, in collaboration with UNEP and the Wikimedia Foundation, is proposing a side event ahead of Wikimania to explore how the Wikimedia Movement can contribute to international efforts aimed at promoting climate change information integrity.
This panel will serve as a space to share the key discussions that will take place during the side event, as well as to invite strategic allies to exchange reflections and ideas for future collaborationâparticularly from a South-South cooperation perspective.
Description
Panelists included:
- Olga Lidia Paredes Alcoreza, Coordinator at Wikimedistas de Bolivia, and part of the Working Group on Climate Justice and Wikimedia Projects
- Faye Holder, Head of Special Projects, Influencemap, and member of Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD)
- Eric Wamugu, Senior Programme Manager, DataLab, Code for Africa
- Alicia Olago, Senior Product Manager sensors.AFRICA, Code for Africa
- Mohammed Amine Benloulou, Wikimedia Algeria
- Evelin Heidel, Program Director, Wikimedistas de Uruguay, and part of the Working Group on Climate Justice and Wikimedia Projects
- How does your session relate to the event theme, Wikimania@20 â Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability?
Information integrity is foundational to Wikimediaâs work, yet our role as strategic partners in strengthening the information ecosystem on climate change often goes overlooked by some strategic partners who share these priorities. This gap prevents us from fully showcasing how the Wikimedia Movement combat information gaps, elevate underrepresented knowledge, and scale knowledge equity worldwide.
Through this panel we want to share some reflexions, experiences and collective thinking about how through partnerships within the Wikimedia Movement and with mission-aligned strategic allies like UNEP we can amplify our collective impact, extend our reach to new communities, and contributeâthrough our projects and communitiesâto one of humanityâs most pressing challenges: safeguarding climate change information integrity.
- What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?
Everyone can participate in this session
Resources
Speakers
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- This information will be provided later by the Working Group on Climate Justice and Wikimedia Projects.
- Most probably Luisina Ferrante, from Wikimedia Argentina, who got an scholarship for Wikimania, will be able to represent the Working Group
- Evelin Heidel
- Program Director, Wikimedistas de Uruguay.
- Luisina Ferrante (WMAR)
- I am Programme Manager at Wikimedia Argentina. I have been working at Wikimedia Argentina for 10 years, for 9 years I was the Coordinator of the Education and Human Rights Program at Wikimedia Argentina. I am a university professor at the University of San Andrés, Argentina. I have a Master in Public Policy and Human Rights and a PhD in Education and Society, my PhD thesis is linked to the experience of digital literacy teaching and Wikimedia projects in the context of the covid-19 pandemic.