SUMMARY - Transparency, Audits, and Holding Emitters to Account
Climate commitments are easy to announce and hard to verify. Companies claim carbon neutrality; governments pledge emissions reductions; organizations tout sustainability achievements. But how do we know if these claims are real? Who checks whether promised actions actually occur? The gap between climate rhetoric and climate reality often goes unexamined, undermining accountability and enabling greenwashing. Transparency and verification are essential infrastructure for credible climate action.