The Climate of Deception: Truth, Art, and the Battle Against Climate Disinformation
This 45-minute lecture explores how fake news and misinformation shape public understanding of climate change — andhow artists, journalists, and scientists can push back. Students will learn key scientific facts about climate change, howdenial campaigns manipulate data and emotion, and why visual communication matters in building trust. The session alsointroduces the basics of investigative journalism in environmental topics: fact-checking, source verification, and storytelling.Through real-world examples and visual analysis of data sets, students will reflect on how art and media can either distort or illuminate the climate crisis.

Jelena Kalinić is a biologist, science journalist, and science communicator, as well as the founder of the association Nauka i svijet (‘Science and the World’) and the website naukagovori.ba, through which she has for years been promoting scientific literacy and critical thinking in society. She holds a degree in Biology and a Master’s degree in Comparative Literature. Her work is dedicated to exposing misinformation, particularly in the field of science, and to exploring the role and importanceof science and scientific literacy for democratic processes and society as a whole. Her communication is clear, evidence-based, and aimed at connecting science with people’s everyday experiences.