Crime-Proofing the Future: Safeguarding Sustainability Transitions - 2026
Sustainability transitions are essential to addressing climate change, environmental degradation and long-term development challenges. At the same time, the expansion of transition-related investments, regulations, infrastructure and markets can increase exposure to criminal exploitation, including corruption, fraud, illicit trade, theft, sabotage and regulatory circumvention.These risks are already evident in some contexts. For example, renewable-energy equipment may be stolen or sabotaged, waste and recycling systems may be infiltrated by criminal networks, and public contracts for green inf