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 | Oct. 14, 2021 Projection on US Department of Energy headquarters calls on Biden to reverse course on fossil gas boom Global Witness projects onto the US Department of Energy (DOE) calling out the stark contrast between the current trajectory of the US to flood the world with climate-wrecking fossil gas and Biden’s climate promises. Press release | Oct. 12, 2021 US set to become world’s biggest exporter of climate-wrecking liquefied fossil gas under Biden Such a trajectory would blow the world past the agreed Paris Climate Agreement targets of limiting warming to under 1.5 degrees Celsius – an agreement to which Biden signed the US back onto as one of his first acts as president. Statement | Oct. 11, 2021 Open Letter to the COP26 Presidency and Parties to the UNFCCC and CBD on Nature-based Solutions An open letter on nature-based solutions to the COP26 Presidency from Rainforest Foundation UK, Global Witness, and numerous other civil society organisations Press release | Oct. 7, 2021 Household brands and global financiers including BlackRock linked to clearance of tropical rainforest, human rights abuses in Papua New Guinea Undercover investigation reveals tainted palm oil has been sold on to household brands including Kellogg’s, Nestlé, and The Hershey Company Statement | Oct. 6, 2021 Offsets Don’t Stop Climate Change A statement by Amazon Watch and 170+ other organizations on the problems with offsets in the fight to tackle climate change. Press release | Oct. 6, 2021 US Congress must pass new bill to help end deforestation around the world The US should seize the opportunity to be a leader in promoting good governance, protecting indigenous people, and end its complicity in the destruction of the world’s climate-critical forests. Press release | Oct. 5, 2021 New US legislation provides critical support for the people of Myanmar in their struggle against the illegal military coup We welcome the introduction of the BURMA Act today and urge Congress to move quickly to pass this important piece of legislation Press release | Sept. 28, 2021 European Parliament votes to back EU support for fossil gas pipelines MEPs today voted to lock in EU support for fossil gas infrastructure after a key vote on future energy law Press release | Sept. 23, 2021 Pro-gas rapporteur on controversial EU energy revision refuses to reveal who has lobbied him Secrecy over key MEP's lobbying ahead of major vote Press release | Sept. 13, 2021 Global Witness reports 227 land and environmental activists murdered in a single year, the worst figure on record As the climate crisis intensifies, violence against defenders of the earth is escalating Show Previous 10 Show Next 10