How do oil, gas, and coal giants manipulate climate narratives to protect their profits? How does climate disinformation shape government policies and delay urgent climate action? In this hands-on workshop, investigative journalist Liubov Velychko will share the methods and tools used to track and expose disinformation campaigns financed by major polluters, including Shell, ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, and Coal India Ltd.
In this session, you will learn: how to map the disinformation system, to track connections between fossil fuel corporations, disinformation agents, and policymakers where to find key data sources on corporate lobbying, campaign funding, and PR influence. how to analyze financial flows behind disinformation campaign, track disinformation influencers and identify key figures spreading climate disinformation practical techniques for uncovering covert industry-funded research that distorts climate science.
You will leave the session with a toolkit of investigative methods for tracking climate disinformation, a list of reliable databases and sources for following money and influence, practical techniques for fact-checking corporate claims and policy manipulation, and a clearer understanding of how climate disinformation impacts global climate action.
Come ready to dive deep into the mechanics of disinformation and learn how to expose those who profit from climate denial. No prior experience required—just bring your curiosity and your investigative mindset!
In cities all over Europe, buildings are treated as investments rather than as (increasingly rare) spaces for people to live in. Every year, tens of thousands of former family homes, industrial and office spaces are being vacated and demolished – most of them in order for speculators to build expensive replacements for buildings that could have been renovated much more cheaply. With the help of the crowd, investigative media house CORRECTIV launched a "demolition atlas" where people share information about planned demolitions and possible speculation. So far this has covered Switzerland, Germany and Greece, working with media partner, Solomon. In this session, we will show you how we reached thousands of people willing to participate, what kind of stories emerged, and look at how you can do the same in your country – no previous knowledge required.
