Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Press release | Feb. 1, 2024 YouTube and Indian social media platform Koo enable misogynistic hate speech, violating platform policies Flagged misogynistic hate-filled content was kept live on YouTube and Indian microblogging site Koo despite violating companies’ own policies, according to a new test of platform reporting mechanisms carried out by Global Witness and the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF). Press release | Jan. 29, 2024 European demand driving $1 trillion spending on gas production worldwide this decade $223 billion of this to be spent on new gas production to supply Europe Press release | Jan. 26, 2024 Oil and gas companies in the ‘Decarbonisation Pact’ plan to torch 60% of remaining carbon budget Oil and gas producers who signed up to a decarbonisation pact at the COP28 summit last month are set to collectively emit more than 150 billion tonnes of CO2 from their products by 2050, using up over 60 percent of Earth’s remaining 1.5C carbon budget, new analysis shows. Press release | Jan. 19, 2024 UK’s North Sea fossil fuel exports have soared despite licencing bonanza Global Witness analysis reveals that despite a two-decade sale of nearly 1,700 new oil and gas licenses, the UK’s energy security has only worsened as exports have ballooned and oil production plummeted. Statement | Jan. 18, 2024 Kirsty Lang appointed as new Chair of Global Witness Board We are delighted to announce the appointment of journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Lang as the new Chair of the Global Witness Board. A member of the board since 2020, Kirsty brings a wealth of experience communicating on global issues. Statement | Jan. 10, 2024 US must urgently implement FOREST Act to halt import of deforestation commodities Global Witness has endorsed the FOREST Act, which aims to prevent the import of commodities that cause deforestation from entering the US market. Press release | Jan. 8, 2024 COP29 host country priming the pumps for a huge hike in gas production Azerbaijan, host of next year’s COP climate summit, is set to boost its gas production by a third over the next decade, with fossil fuel companies forecast to spend $41.4 billion on the country’s gas fields, according to new analysis. Press release | Jan. 5, 2024 Bad Case of Déjà Vu as Former Oil Executive to Lead COP29 Climate Negotiations in Azerbaijan “COP28 was run by oil lobbyists, so it’s no surprise that the final agreement committed the world to fossil fuels forever. There’s a sense of déjà vu setting in – we now have a former oil executive from an authoritarian petrostate in charge of the world’s response to the crisis that fossil fuel firms created.” Press release | Jan. 4, 2024 UK urgently needs new law to stop financial sector bankrolling deforestation and rights abuses, say MPs A new report by the UK’s Environmental Audit Committee finds the UK’s 2021 deforestation legislation is deeply flawed – and should be extended to cover financial actors and human rights. Press release | Dec. 14, 2023 Landmark EU law obliges companies to act on climate, misses chance to make banks green investments Deal gives people who are at risk from dangerous business practices a chance to fight back Show Previous 10 Show Next 10