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 | Dec. 15, 2020 Revised EU Energy regulation fails to deliver on urgent climate needs Key EU energy policy fails to curb the excessive role of the fossil fuel industry in decision-making, and leave the back door wide open to public funds supporting fossil gas. Press release | Dec. 7, 2020 New EU sanctions regime is an important achievement but leaves the door open to dirty money Global Witness and 14 other organisations welcome adoption of a new sanctions regime by the European Union to target human rights abusers worldwide. However, we urge the EU to adopt a complementary sanctions regime targeting corrupt actors. Press release | Dec. 3, 2020 Global Witness statement on the European Democracy Action Plan Today’s EU Action Plan takes an important first step towards safeguarding European democracy, promising legislation to protect citizens from the very real harms created by the micro-targeting of political ads Press release | Dec. 2, 2020 New UN report calling for fossil fuel reduction must not be ignored by EU UN report calls for 6% reduction in fossil fuels per year Press release | Nov. 19, 2020 EU Ombudsman decision exposes Commission weakness on climate-wrecking fossil gas The European Ombudsman has today ruled that the European Commission failed to assess the climate risks when supporting fossil gas projects Press release | Oct. 30, 2020 EU must end support for gas in disputed Eastern Mediterranean New analysis reveals huge climate cost of controversial fossil gas projects Press release | Oct. 27, 2020 Commission sounds starting gun on the road to delivering ground breaking corporate accountability legislation EU Commission sounds starting gun on the road to delivering ground breaking corporate accountability legislation Press release | Oct. 22, 2020 Global Witness welcomes landmark report from European Parliament on tackling EU’s role in global deforestation This ground-breaking report is a clarion call for the EU to step up and tackle its role in global deforestation. Press release | Oct. 20, 2020 Legal action against Cyprus and Malta vital first step from EU on Golden Visas After years of campaigning against the EU wide abuse of golden visas, Global Witness today warmly welcomes news that the European Union is finally taking concrete action against these schemes. Press release | Sept. 16, 2020 Fossil Gas has no place in the EU’s Just Transition Fund The EU’s Just Transition Fund is specifically designed to support countries to move to zero carbon economies. Allowing fossil gas projects to receive this public money completely undermines that goal Show Previous 10 Show Next 10