Earth Info Hub is an independent initiative designed to restore trust and expand access to authoritative scientific knowledge on the climate, biodiversity, and pollution crises. It responds to growing threats to information integrity: while scientific evidence has never been more robust, public understanding, trust, and collective action are increasingly undermined by disinformation.
The landscape is fast changing. Generative AI algorithms that use inconsistent information go on to generate more unreliable information. Fragmented intelligence and the strategic use of misinformation cloud policy development and investment, stalling progress towards global climate solutions.
Our vision
On the Threshold of a New Era
In recognition of the scale of the challenge, 2026 is our seed year — a time for true interrogation of the information integrity problem, along with fast action to test AI tools, generate feedback, and build outputs that support information integrity and coherence. By the end of 2026, we intend to have a fully funded core team and developed a theory of change that responds to the most pressing causes and manifestations of climate disinformation.
We will further develop our network of pioneers, experts, and leaders to attract funding and build lasting partnerships.
We aim to establish the most impactful approach to disrupting climate disinformation, learn from our peers, and continuously test and adapt our models.
Our team
Brigitte Perrin
Founder
Brigitte is a senior communication expert with more than 15 years of experience in the United Nations system, academia and with a background as a journalist in traditional and digital media. She served as Chief of Strategic Communications at the World Meteorological Organisation and led communication and digital transformation initiatives in Europe, Africa and at UN Headquarters. She founded EIH in 2026.
Jad Mouawad
Co-Founder
Jad is a former journalist and communications expert. He was the Head of Communications at the International Energy Agency (IEA), where he led institutional communications, digital and media strategy. Before that, he was a reporter for The New York Times and Bloomberg, covering global energy markets, climate policy, and geopolitics. He currently advises organisations on strategic communications, including the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM).
Ario Saeid Vaghefi
Co-Founder and AI lead
Ario is a computer scientist and software engineer with expertise in data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Throughout his career, he has played a key role in the development of large-scale products and platforms, leveraging technologies such as search and information retrieval, topic modeling, time-series analytics, risk modeling, and IoT data integration. He is a lecturer at the University of Zurich and holds a Master of Science in Engineering as well as a PhD in Climate Science. His work sits at the intersection of AI, software engineering, and data-driven decision-making, with applications spanning climate, sustainability, and digital innovatio
Aninia Nadig
Events and partnerships
Aninia is specialised in developing, revising and training on humanitarian standards. She conducts humanitarian organisational audits and is a certified adult trainer.
Sara Vermeulen-Anastasi
Business Development
Strategic leader with 20+ years of experience at the intersection of marketing, communications and sustainability — driving commercial growth, brand equity and corporate reputation across complex, fast-paced B2B environments spanning industrial, technology, healthcare, logistics and agribusiness sectors.
Abbas Mirmashhouri
Software Engineering Lead
Abbas is a senior full-stack developer and AI specialist with more than 20 years of experience designing scalable digital platforms and intelligent systems. He holds a Master’s degree in Software Engineering and has a strong background in building modern software solutions that combine robust engineering with artificial intelligence. At Earth Info Hub, Abbas works on the technical development of AI-powered tools that make authoritative environmental knowledge accessible, traceable, and useful for decision-makers.
Samuel Cabodi
Communications
Samuel is an all-round Creative with 15+ years experience in marketing and comms, and 8+ years working in the climate sector. With a background in advertising, he focuses his work on purpose-driven organisations and prides himself in doing work with an impact.
Ylljeta Lufaj
Communications
Ylljeta is a communications consultant with a background in International Relations. She has worked across NGOs, foundations, and international organisations supporting communications, partnerships, and events.
Nahid Haider
Special Assistant to the Founder
Nahid works closely with the Foundation’s leadership to provide high-level executive and operational support. As a political scientist specialising in health governance and digital affairs, she brings a strategic, analytical and execution-oriented perspective to her responsibilities. She contributes to the smooth functioning of the Foundation and the effective delivery of its mandate through strategic identification and engagement with high-value contacts and key communities across media, technology, diplomacy and the environment.
Our network
Building Trust Together
The Earth Info Hub connects verified, traceable, and authoritative environmental knowledge to the people and institutions that turn information into decisions.
To do that we speak with:
- Africa21
- African Broadcasting Union
- African Development Bank
- Agence France Presse
- Asian Development Bank
- Bloomberg Foundation
- Building Bridges
- C40
- GAIGI
- ClientEarth
- Climate Central
- ECMWF Copernicus
- ETH Zürich
- EUMETSAT
- European Broadcasting Union
- European Meteorological Society
- FAO
- Fondation pour Genève
- Fondation Wright
- Forum Météo-Climat
- Geneva Environment Network
- Global Covenant of Mayors
- Global Fund
- Global Strategic Communications Council
- Google DeepMind
- Government of France
- Government of Switzerland
- Graduate Institute
- Green Climate Fund
- IAEA
- Ice Memory Foundation
- IEA
- IMD
- INSEAD
- Interparliamentary Union
- IPBES
- IPCC
- ITU
- IUCN
- Legitima
- Météo France
- MeteoSwiss
- NASA
- OECD
- RTBF
- RTS
- SharedPlanet
- Stanford University
- UN Dept. of Global Communication
- UN Statistics Division
- UN-Habitat
- UNCTAD
- UNDP
- UNDRR
- UNECE
- UNEP
- UNESCO
- UNFCCC
- UNITAR
- UN University
- University of Geneva
- University of Zurich
- UNRISD
- WEF
- WHO
- WMO
- World Weather Presenters
- Yale University