# Global Corruption Report: Climate Change

URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/global-corruption-report-climate-change
Type: Publication or report
Published: 2011-06-02
Updated: 2020-05-18

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02 June 2011

The Global Corruption Report is the first comprehensive publication of its kind to explore the corruption risks related to tackling climate change. From international policy-making to national level mitigation and adaptation strategies and with a special focus on the forestry sector, the GCR draws on the expertise of more than 50 experts and practitioners from the anti-corruption movement and the climate change field.

## Additional downloads

- [Download 'GCR Climate Change country EN' \[PDF\]](https://files.transparencycdn.org/images/GCR_ClimateChange_country_EN.pdf)

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