Abstract:

The growing politicisation of climate issues takes place within an informational landscape shaped by competing narratives and widespread misinformation—challenges that directly affect how communities understand and respond to the climate crisis. As educators work to address these questions, we still lack sufficient understanding of the pedagogical strategies designed to counter climate misinformation and their effectiveness in supporting learners.

This narrative review synthesizes theoretical and empirical contributions from peer-reviewed articles to map the educational approaches used to mitigate climate misinformation and to examine what existing studies reveal about strategies and recommendations for addressing it in educational settings. It centers on two fundamental questions:
(1) Which educational approaches have been employed to mitigate climate misinformation?
(2) What do existing studies reveal about approaches, strategies, and recommendations for addressing climate misinformation in educational settings?

Selected studies were drawn from Scopus and Web of Science, without geographic restrictions. Based on scholarship from the past ten years (2016-2025), this review maps how educational frameworks—including media and information literacy, critical digital literacy, climate education, and inquiry-based learning—have been applied to enhance learners' abilities to evaluate, interpret, and respond to climate misinformation. The analysis identifies points of convergence across these initiatives, particularly the shared emphasis on critical source evaluation, while also illuminating significant gaps in how educational practices prepare young people, in particular, to navigate the complex digital environments where misinformation proliferates. Through this synthesis, the review offers a comprehensive understanding of the current landscape of educational responses to climate misinformation and provides findings that can inform the design of interventions that cultivate informed, critically engaged, and meaningful participation in addressing climate-related issues.

Keywords:

Climate misinformation, Climate education, Narrative review, Educational approaches.