Recent events in Israel and Iran show once again our economic vulnerabilities to oil price shocks and how inadvisable it is for the current Administration to pull back US investments in clean energy.

While we at Global Witness were familiar with the targeting of our partners as they were defending their land and environment, the murder of our former colleague, Wutty, prompted us to confront a ...

Key findings Recent data shows that Chinese banks have become the largest creditors to “forest-risk”* companies, after major producing countries Brazil and Indonesia, with over $23 billion in ...

Major Spanish bank Santander has helped fund one of South America’s worst deforesters by co-arranging $1.3 billion of financing for agribusiness giant Cresud since 2011, Global Witness can reveal.

Mercury exposure is associated with a range of serious health complications, including impacts on pregnant woman and infant brain development. Local people had previously sounded the alarm over ...

While Trump zeroes in on embattled Ukraine's critical mineral reserves, conflict and inequality clash with efforts for a just energy transition across the globe The extraction and trade of some ...

As Trump's inauguration looms, climate activists fear for the Paris Agreement and Biden's climate laws – but, as we lay out, many more changes could be afoot President Trump's second term could bring ...

These days, oil companies talk a good game, setting out net-zero plans and releasing green ads touting their renewable investments. They push unproven techno-fixes like carbon capture and storage (CCS ...

A new Global Witness investigation examined if YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok can detect and remove harmful election disinformation. Our new investigation found that Facebook and TikTok had improved ...

Au moins 196 défenseurs des droits fonciers et environnementaux ont été tués en 2023 à travers le monde, d’après un nouveau rapport publié aujourd’hui par Global Witness. Les nouveaux chiffres portent ...

Tons of heavy rare earth oxidesTwo years after our last report, we have revisited this region’s toxic mining landscape. New trade data, satellite imagery and community testimony reveal that the ...