Global environmental governance and the accountability trap / edited by Susan Park and Teresa Kramarz.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-250) and index.

Identifying multiple accountabilities in global environmental governance / Teresa Kramarz and Susan Park -- Transparency and accountability in multilateral climate politics / Aarti Gupta and Harro van Asselt -- Private accountability in global value chains / Hamish van der Ven -- Participation versus performance : the crisis of accountability for environmental nongovernmental organizations / Cristina M. Balboa -- Hybrid accountability in cooperative initiatives for global climate governance / Oscar Widerberg, Philipp Pattberg and Lieke Brouwer -- Navigating contested accountability logics in nonstate certification for fisheries sustainability / Lars Gulbrandsen and Graeme Auld -- Accountability in public-voluntary governance : the case of illegal wildlife trade / Lorraine Elliott and William Schaedla -- Does accountability matter for global environmental governance? / Susan Park and Teresa Kramarz.

"This book examines how accountability is central to how governments, the private sector, non-government organizations, and hybrid associations have different understandings of how to protect and govern the environment, and how this shapes how they hold themselves to account for doing so. The volume's contributions examine how accountability is being used, in what is termed an accountability trap: those with the authority for governing the environment devise accountability mechanisms to hold themselves to account while not necessarily improving their outcomes and therefore impact on the environment. The scope of the book is wide-ranging, covering climate change, biodiversity, global value chains, fisheries, and trade in illegal wildlife. The book is unique in looking beyond public accountability for states and inter-governmental organizations, to advance the debate on whether private sector associations and non-governmental organizations can also be held to account" -- Provided by publisher.