World leaders at COP26: urgently shift perspectives to prevent corruption from crippling climate action
As the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 prepares to get underway in Glasgow, Transparency International is urging world leaders to bolster transparency, accountability and integrity to ensure effective action against climate crisis. As part of the annual COP discussions, countries are being asked to present ambitious emission reduction strategies, adapt to protect our natural world, mobilise private and public finance and work out a rulebook to make it all happen. Meaningful progress in these areas, however, is being hampered by different forms of corruption,