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The Transformative Capability of Transparency in Global Environmental Governance

D. Ciplet,K. Adams,R. Weikmans,J. Roberts

Published 2018 in Global Environmental Politics

ABSTRACT

We develop and apply a new theoretical framework for assessing the transformative capability of transparency in environmental governance. Our framework suggests that as norms related to transparency are recognized and translated into accountability mechanisms, and as these mechanisms are complied with, effects cascade and substantially influence the ability of transparency to transform relationships of inequality. Utilizing the case of climate finance in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, we find that while a variety of norms underpinning transparency are recognized within the governance architecture, their translation into accountability mechanisms has been weak, and information disclosed by countries is often opaque. This suggests that a focus on enhanced transparency is unlikely to be sufficient for realizing a climate regime that is adequate and equitable. Moreover, transparency should be seen as a terrain of political conflict over the conditions of inequality, employed differently by various coalitions to benefit their respective interests.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2018

  • Venue

    Global Environmental Politics

  • Publication date

    2018-08-01

  • Fields of study

    Political Science, Economics, Environmental Science

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.1162/glep_a_00472
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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