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On October 26, at COP17, a panel discussion “Strengthening Biodiversity Action Through Information Integrity: Lessons from the Climate Experience” explored how lessons from climate action can help tackle disinformation, strengthen public trust, and support biodiversity action.  The session opened with remarks by UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia Françoise Jacob and brought together representatives from the UN, the Governments of Armenia and Brazil, UNESCO, and youth:Charlotte Scaddan, UN Department of Global Communications Paulo Cezar Rotella Braga’s representative, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil Ani Badalyan, Spokesperson and Head of Media and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Hans Dencker Thulstrup, UNESCO Lia Kalforian, Youth Climate Change Council, affiliated with Armenia’s Ministry of Environment and UNICEF. Moderated by Armine Petrosyan, Head of the UN Information Centre in Yerevan, the discussion highlighted that information integrity is essential to turning biodiversity commitments into action. The discussion underscored that building on COP17’s momentum to advance information integrity in Armenia will require sustained collaboration across sectors, stronger regional and global partnerships with research hubs, and long-term investment to ensure these efforts continue beyond the conference.