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 | May 23, 2022 “Appallingly lax” EU hydrogen plans would lead to more fossil fuels being burned A proposed definition of "green hydrogen" looks set to increase climate-heating emissions Press release | May 20, 2022 Global Witness response to top HSBC executive's controversial comments on climate change This is not just about one bad apple executive but about a sector that continues bankrolling deforestation, fossil fuels and climate breakdown. Press release | May 18, 2022 REPowerEU plans will pour billions into gas for decades to come, costing consumers and the climate REPowerEU set to lock in gas for decades Press release | May 11, 2022 EU plans for gas could cost €250 billion more in 2030 than the Commission expected REPowerEU will only cut the bill by €47 billion - underlining the need for more ambitious renewables targets Press release | May 4, 2022 EU support for hydrogen would sabotage plans to reduce Russian gas Shell, BP and Exxon’s push for fossil hydrogen would increase EU dependence on gas imports Press release | April 27, 2022 DRC: Apple, Tesla & Intel may source “conflict minerals” through failing responsible mineral scheme Companies including Apple, Tesla and Intel are relying on a supply chain due diligence scheme that is used to launder conflict minerals from DRC, new evidence suggests Press release | April 25, 2022 Urgent US Legislation Needed to Protect World’s Forests Global Witness calls on US Congress to pass urgently needed legislation to end financing of deforestation, which is a leading cause of climate-critical forest destruction. Press release | April 23, 2022 Groundbreaking EU rules herald a new era for tech accountability GW responds to agreement on the Digital Services Act Press release | April 12, 2022 World’s biggest fossil fuel firms projected to spend almost a trillion dollars on new oil and gas fields by 2030 As the IPCC warns against new fossil fuels, it's business as usual for big polluters Press release | April 6, 2022 Global Witness welcomes passage of the BURMA Act by the US House of Representatives and calls on the Senate to follow suit The bill’s provisions bring together the four primary threads of US policy towards Myanmar: targeting military revenues through sanctions, supporting the pro-democracy movement, authorizing humanitarian assistance, and pursuing accountability for the military’s atrocities Show Previous 10 Show Next 10