Accountability in the Anthropocene

Environmental Policy and GovernanceEarly View EDITORIAL Accountability in the Anthropocene Steven A. Wolf, Corresponding Author Steven A. Wolf [email protected] Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA Correspondence Steven A. Wolf, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, 121 Fernow Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorNadine Arnold, Nadine Arnold School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this author Steven A. Wolf, Corresponding Author Steven A. Wolf [email protected] Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA Correspondence Steven A. Wolf, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, 121 Fernow Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. 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