Making transparent the accountability deficit in the global climate regime

Transparency is often extolled as the key means to secure accountability in the global climate regime. In practice, when transparency reports do reveal politically salient information, the use of such information to enhance accountability may not materialize. Whether the advent of the new enhanced t...

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Main Authors: Aarti Gupta, Max van Deursen
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-06-01
Series:npj Climate Action
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-025-00264-z
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