The climate crisis is worsening by the day. Despite growing pledges to act, greenhouse gas emissions are breaking records. Climate change, pollution and extinctions are intensifying, causing instability, displacement and conflict. To quote U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, we’re on the “highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.”
Our system of governance is reaching its limits. Political and economic decision-makers often seem powerless, if not complicit. Yet, there is hope. Demonstrations, civil disobedience, legal battles: Many are taking action to challenge the status quo.
But too many crucial decisions are being taken behind closed doors. The opaque nature of so many of our systems feeds impunity. The climate crisis is, therefore, also a crisis of transparency.
Imagine a world where anyone who has access to information that is essential for the preservation of the biosphere can reveal it in full confidence they will receive adequate support.
As the crisis spirals, there is almost no end to the potential misconduct that could be brought to light: corporate greenwashing; fraudulent carbon accounting; tax dodges; flawed environmental impact studies — to name a few. What if consumers, citizens, politicians, and judges could have access to such information — information that is all too easily hidden, and yet could prove critical in holding those responsible for worsening the climate crisis to account?
By providing concrete evidence and powerful witness...
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