Transparency International has released its 2011 Global Corruption Report which focuses on climate change. The report sets out the practical guidelines to ensure corruption does not undermine efforts to tackle climate change. The new funding for climate change arising from international climate agreements could increase the abuse of funds through a lack of transparency and accountability. Yet, the report points out, none of the top 20 countries to be most affected by climate change scores higher than 3.6 on the Corruption Perceptions Index (on a scale out of 10 where 0 is extremely corrupt). As a result, TI is calling on governments and all sectors of society to ensure good governance. Hugh Labelle, the TI chair said "The urgent need to respond to climate change needs to be enhanced by transparency and accounability. Oversight must be built into all climate-related initiatives from the start. Good governance now will help ensure the sucess of the impact of climate change policy and funding."
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