On Tuesday, 3 March 2026, the Master Non Linear Narrative organised a comprehensive symposium on climate change disinformation and its impact on democracy and public trust. ‘Tempers and Temperatures: The Rising Heat of Digital Ecologies’ featured an outstanding line-up of speakers, including Gabriele Colombo, Mijke van der Drift, Sophie Dyer, Joey Grostern, Jennie King, Sabine Niederer, and Sorab Roustayar.

In the presence of Erasmus+ partners from Barcelona, London, Reykjavík, Sarajevo, Tallinn, and Vilnius, the presentations sparked meaningful discussions about how misinformation shapes public debate, influences policy, and affects the ways societies respond to climate challenges. The first thematic session explored how climate narratives are shaped by power, ethics, and disinformation, while the second session focused on how climate data enters the public domain through journalism, media, and artificial intelligence. The final session examined strategies to foster resilience and cultivate shared imaginaries for climate action.

The panel discussions were moderated by Victoria McKenzie and Füsun Türetken in collaboration with NLN students Bárbara Fernandes Fonseca and Anna Lebedieva.

Student participants: Abdulrahman Al-Ward, Bárbara Fernandes Fonseca, Reina Hasbini, Anna Lebedieva, Xinglin Li, Oriane Perino, Ennie Petersen, Justinas Prekeris, Janina Schröter, and Stefan Zondervan
Project supervision: Linda van Deursen, Niels Schrader and Füsun Türetken
Organisation: Aparajita Dutta and Femke de Haan
Photos by Roel Backaert