# Our new global talk series on climate finance integrity URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/news/our-new-global-talk-series-on-climate-finance-integrity Type: News Published: 2013-09-13 Updated: 2020-06-24 --- ![](https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/2013_cfip_integritytalkberlin_620.jpg?auto=compress&fit=crop&fm=webp&w=620&h=348.75) 13 September 2013 From Mexico City to Johannesburg to Bangkok, this year we are holding a series of talks across the globe on how to ensure that investment in the response to climate change really works, and is not undercut by corruption. [Our global climate team](http://www.transparency.org/programmes/detail/cgip) has been analysing risks in the climate sector, and now we’re hoping to bring the right people to the table to discuss practical ways of overcoming them. A number of these events will take place in Berlin – home to some of the most progressive environmental policy of recent years and its architects, one of the world’s largest contributors to climate finance, and a train’s ride away from the [UN Climate Change Convention](http://unfccc.int/) secretariat. The Berlin Climate Finance Integrity Talks series was designed to cut across sectors and disciplines and provide a non-politicised forum for climate policy-makers and practitioners to come together to jointly craft solutions to the problems that are already arising or anticipated. The purpose of this event series is to mete out some practical yet ambitious solutions to the challenges we face. Challenges to ensure that those with entrusted power for deciding how much and for whom climate money should be spent are accountable for their decisions. Challenges to ensure that public money is not wasted, mismanaged or disappearing into offshore bank accounts. Challenges to ensure that every penny in already stretched public purses is spent with integrity and achieves genuine results toward avoiding serious climate change.” – Opening address by Lisa Elges, Team Leader of our [Climate Finance Integrity Programme](/programmes/detail/cgip) *Watch excerpts from the first talk in our Berlin series here* ### Focus of the series - How can climate change-affected communities take more ownership over deciding where climate money is spent, and watch over delivery to ensure that it is effective? - How can climate funds better guard themselves against corrupt abuse and have stronger, clearer and more coordinated procedures in place to deal with corruption if and when it happens? - What does the foreseen shift in public-private blended investment mean for accountability – will stricter reporting be required of companies to bring it in line with requirements for government? - How can climate data be made available, understandable and useful to all of the various groups that it affects? - What systems and structures are needed to allow people to report on corruption that they witness in climate projects, and for their complaints to be duly followed up on? These are just some of the questions that our talk series is touching upon. The latest in the series was held in Berlin from 9-10 September, dedicated to exploring options for strengthening citizen participation in climate project design and monitoring, as well as the various models for supportive complaints mechanisms for when things go wrong. ![Panel discussion in Berlin](/images/uploads/feature/2013_CFIP_IntegrityTalkBerlinPanel_620.jpg "Our panel discussion at the kick-off talk in Berlin. Image: Transparency International") ### Resources - Keep an eye out for the outcomes of last month’s [Integrity Talk in Bangkok](/news/event/promoting_transparency_and_accountability_in_climate_finance_governance). - Spanish speakers can learn more about our Mexico City Integrity Talk [here](http://www.tm.org.mx/jornadas-por-la-integridad-del-financiamiento-climatico-cd-de-mexico/). - Read more about an [event](/news/event/climate_finance_integrity_talk_johannesburg_ensuring_climate_finance_effect) we co-hosted with the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Pan-African Justice Alliance in Johannesburg [here](http://www.za.boell.org/downloads/WORKSHOP_REPORT_ENSURING_CLIMATE_FINANCE_EFFECTIVENESS.pdf). - Learn more about our [Climate Finance Integrity Programme](http://www.transparency.org/programmes/detail/cgip) ## Priorities - [Climate crisis](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/climate-crisis) ## Countries - [Germany](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/germany) - [Mexico](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/mexico) - [South Africa](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/south-africa) - [Thailand](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/thailand) ## Projects - [Climate Governance Integrity Programme](https://www.transparency.org/en/projects/climate-governance-integrity-programme) For any press inquiries please contact ### Related Projects ## [Climate Governance Integrity Programme](https://www.transparency.org/en/projects/climate-governance-integrity-programme) Project Features monitoring and analysis of the nearly US$100 billion invested in climate prevention and adaption. ### You might also like... ## [Anti-corruption gaps are leaving democracy in Europe exposed](https://www.transparency.org/en/news/anti-corruption-gaps-leaving-democracy-europe-exposed) News • 15 September 2026 Too many European countries are failing to effectively implement and enforce their anti-corruption laws, while several are rapidly backsliding. ## [CoSP11: A critical moment for shaping the future of integrity worldwide](https://www.transparency.org/en/news/cosp11-shaping-future-of-political-integrity-international-anticorruption-day) News • 08 December 2025 International Anti-Corruption Day highlights rising insecurity and injustice and builds momentum for CoSP11. ## [Climate Summit or Industry Trade Fair?](https://www.transparency.org/en/news/climate-summit-or-industry-trade-fair) News • 15 October 2025 Transparency International analysed how companies attending COPs engage with climate policy at national and regional levels. ## [Global Corruption report: Climate Change](https://www.transparency.org/en/news/global-corruption-report-climate-change) News • 30 April 2011 Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report: Climate Change explores climate-related corruption risks and argues that a dramatic strengthening of governance mechanisms…