Climate Disorder

reflections on the impact of digital misinformation

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62530/rbdcv24n02p49

Keywords:

educommunication, disinformation, climate crisis, internet, globalization

Abstract

This paper examines the concept of disinformation and its impact on climate change, highlighting the risk that the crisis will reach a tipping point unless urgent measures are adopted—an outcome already warned of by other researchers and anticipated by international treaties. Using the hypothetical-deductive method, it discusses the vacuum created by digital platforms and how inadequate regulation can invert environmental-protection logic, amplifying false content and yielding profits to polluting lobbyists through advertising. The study also underscores the importance of educommunication and the need for a cross-cutting, multisectoral policy in media-literacy initiatives and climate-awareness campaigns.

Author Biographies

  • Gabriel Leite Carvalho, Catholic University of Santos

    Lawyer. Master’s student in International Law at the Catholic University of Santos. Former President of the Alexandre de Gusmão Academic Center (term 2020/23) at the Law School of the Catholic University of Santos. Member of the Diversity and Equity Committee of Ruy de Mello Miller Law Firm. Former Scientific Initiation researcher, CNPq scholarship holder, focused on neuro-rights. First place medalist at the 18th Scientific and Technological Initiation Conference (2023). Volunteer researcher at O Panóptico.

  • Daniel Freire e Almeida, Catholic University of Santos

    Postdoctoral studies in International Law and International Relations at Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA (2015–2017). Holds a PhD in Law from the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, recognized and revalidated by the University of São Paulo (USP). Master’s degree in European Union Law (Legal and Community Sciences) from the University of Coimbra, also recognized by USP (1999–2002). Holds two postgraduate Lato Sensu degrees from the University of Coimbra: one in Legal and Community Sciences – EU Law (1999–2000), and another in Law (2008–2010). Since 2001, he has been a university professor in graduate (stricto sensu and lato sensu) programs, researcher, and coordinator of postgraduate programs in Law, Administration, Management, and International Relations, including MBAs and Executive Education. Special Evaluator and Supervisor for the Brazilian Ministry of Education in the National Higher Education Assessment System (SINAES/MEC) since 2006. Served as Higher Education Special Evaluator (AEES – MEC, 2019) and reviewer for ENADE’s National Item Bank (INEP/MEC). Experienced in educational policy, postgraduate legislation, teaching methodologies, and educational program coordination. Has published extensively with publishers such as Oxford, Springer, Routledge, Almedina, Saraiva, and Lawinter Editions. Senior Fellow at the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL), Georgetown University (2016–present). Member of the Editorial Board of the Canadian Journal of International Law (ISSN 2563-3341). Editor of Lawinter Review (ISSN 2153-4020, New York and Zurich) since 2010. Member of the Editorial Committee of GALILEU: Journal of Law and Economics, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (since 2012), and of the Scientific Committee of CYBERLAW by CIJIC, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon. Former Director of International Relations at Universidade do Sagrado Coração (USC), Institutional Manager for the Science Without Borders program (CNPq and CAPES), and Coordinator of the International Relations degree and postgraduate programs in Business Management and International Finance at USC (2011–2016).

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2025-03-31

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2024): 21st Century Constitutionalism

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Artigos

How to Cite

CARVALHO, Gabriel Leite; ALMEIDA, Daniel Freire e. Climate Disorder: reflections on the impact of digital misinformation. Revista Brasileira de Direito Constitucional, [S. l.], v. 24, n. 2, p. 49–54, 2025. DOI: 10.62530/rbdcv24n02p49. Disponível em: https://www.rbdc.com.br/revista/article/view/373. Acesso em: 17 nov. 2025.