Since our project started in 2020, TRANSGOV has organized and participated in a series of important events related to transparency.
2024
In November 2024, TRANSGOV had the privilege of participating in the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. At COP29, the TRANSGOV team had the chance to observe and actively engage during the two weeks of intense negotiations. On this page, we share a brief overview of our fruitful time at COP29.
In October 2024 TRANSGOV hosted a workshop in Ethiopia. This dialogue brought together academics and diverse stakeholders in Ethiopia, with the core objective being to reflect on whether and how Ethiopia’s engagement with UNFCCC transparency arrangements could help advance its priorities to bring about domestic benefits.
On the margins of the 60th sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies in Bonn, TRANSGOV organized an interactive workshop entitled ‘Questioning the Status Quo: What does LDC engagement in UNFCCC transparency arrangements deliver?’ The workshop took place at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
2023
TRANSGOV PI Prof. Aarti Gupta, post-docs Hyeyoon Park and Rahwa Kidane, and PhD candidates Max van Deursen and Heather Jacobs attended COP28 in Dubai. TRANSGOV was the lead organizer of a side-event and an academic-practitioner dialogue on the Enhanced Transparency Framework. Moreover, TRANSGOV organized an author workshop with the TRANSCLIM project and practitioners from India and South Africa.
At the 2023 Earth System Governance conference TRANSGOV was part of the panel ‘Data-driven climate governance: A critique‘ with the papers ‘The Rise and Implications of Digitally-Enabled ‘Radical Transparency’ in Global Climate Governance: The Case of Climate Risk Insurance’ and ‘Accelerating climate actions through radical transparency of satellite-generated climate data? Lessons from India and Ethiopia’.
On 2 October 2023 TRANSGOV PI prof. Aarti Gupta and TRANSGOV PhD Max van Deursen held a presentation and discussion session at the Global Change Institute at the University of Witwatersrand, moderated by Prof. Laura Pereira. This session contributed to TRANSGOV case study research on South Africa’s engagement in UNFCCC transparency arrangements.
On 27 September 2023 TRANSGOV PI prof. Aarti Gupta and TRANSGOV PhD Max van Deursen hosted a seminar at the African Climate and Development Initiative at the University of Cape Town. TRANSGOV national partner Prof. Harald Winkler acted as discussant. This seminar contributed to case study research on South Africa’s engagement in UNFCCC transparency arrangements.
TRANSGOV affiliated post-doc Rahwa Kidane and externa PhD Heather Jacobs attended the Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week in Nairobi from 4 to 8 September 2023. On 6 September 2023 Rahwa Kidane presented in a panel on climate adaptation in food systems.
On 6 September 2023 TRANSGOV PI Prof. Aarti Gupta gave a key note presentation at the 2023 Better Climate Governance conference. The theme of the conference focused on the role of accountability in climate governance.
On 17 August 2023 TRANSGOV PhD Max van Deursen presented at a seminar of PRISM, a policy research group at School of Economics at the University of Cape Town. The presentation is part of a four month research visit.
TRANSGOV PhD Robert Bergsvik attended SB58 in Bonn. He observed negotiations on funding arrangements and a fund for loss and damage.
On 30th March 2023 TRANSGOV and CEEW co-hosted a Focus Group Discussion on India’s engagement in UNFCCC transparency arrangements. The event took place in New Delhi and hosted nine climate transparency experts. The discussion touched upon the benefits and burdens of participation in transparency arrangements and implications of the Enhanced Transparency Framework.
2022
TRANSGOV PI Prof. Aarti Gupta and PhD candidates Robert Bergsvik and Max van Deursen attended COP27 in Sharm el Sheik. TRANSGOV was the lead organizer of a webinar and a side-event on the Enhanced Transparency Framework. Moreover, TRANSGOV followed the transparency negotiations. After COP27, TRANSGOV PhD Max presented in a rapid reaction seminar and a podcast.
At the 2022 Earth System Governance conference TRANSGOV was part of the panel ‘Real world applications of Earth system law‘ with the paper “Enhanced for whom? The politics of the Paris Agreement’s ‘Enhanced Transparency Framework.’”
TRANSGOV PI Prof. Aarti Gupta and PhD candidate Max van Deursen attended SB56 in Bonn. They observed negotiations on transparency, the mitigation work programme, and the second periodic review. Moreover, they interviewed a number of negotiators.
At the Global Conference on Transparency Research in Copenhagen, TRANSGOV hosted an exciting panel on the transformative potential of transparency. The panel grappled with questions related to assumed links to accountable and trustworthy climate action, the promise of digitally-enabled or radical transparency and to what extent countries engage with established transparency arrangements.
On 17th March 2022, TRANSGOV PhD Max van Deursen participated in a panel discussion with former Climate Envoy of the Netherlands, Hugo von Meijenfeldt, to mark the occasion of the yearly publication of the Leiden University Public Administration Student Association’s journal issue.
2021
TRANSGOV hosted a webinar to discuss the outcomes of COP26 with Dr. Paul Behrens. A recording of the event is available here.
On the second day of COP26 Glasgow, TRANSGOV presented at the EU pavilion side event titled “Blindspots of net-zero strategies and how to address them” on the importance of focusing on immediate and ambitious climate action rather than setting lofty long-term net zero targets and relying heavily on negative emissions technology. A recording of the event is available here.
TRANSGOV had a strong presence throughout COP26 in Glasgow, represented by the project’s PhD candidates Max van Deursen and Robert Bergsvik. They focused on all things transparency in the climate negotiations, with a particular attention on GHG emission and climate finance reporting. Watch TRANSGOV vlog coverage of COP26 here.
TRANSGOV PI Prof. Aarti Gupta presented in FAO’s event ‘Is academia ready to support youth in contributing to enhanced transparency under the Paris Agreement?‘
TRANSGOV PI Prof. Aarti Gupta presented at the UNFCCC Asia Pacific Regional Climate Week event ‘What would the pre-2020 to post-2020 climate regime transition look like?‘
Further results from TRANSGOV’s investigation into assumed linkages between transparency and accountability in the context of multilateral climate finance reporting was presented during a panel discussion at the European Consortium for Political Research’s 2021 Virtual Conference.
The first results from the TRANSGOV project in relation to the politics of capacity building for transparency in the UNFCCC was presented at the International Studies Association’s 2021 Annual Convention.
The TRANSGOV project research agenda was launched at the Earth System Governance’s Virtual Forum in September 2020. Project lead Dr. Aarti Gupta opened a highly informative discussion between esteemed scholars and practitioners on under what conditions does (what kind of) transparency lead to more accountable, trustworthy and ambitious collective climate action, as is widely assumed? And when is transparency transformative of multilevel climate governance?
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