Regions

An artisanal miner pans for gold at the Mufa II gold mining site in South Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Africa

Millions are already feeling the force of the climate emergency across the African continent, where global heating has outpaced the rest of the world for decades.

Protests against development projects in Manila Bay, Philippines 2022

Asia-Pacific

Global Witness’s roots are closely tied to Cambodia and Thailand, where our founders uncovered how the illegal logging trade was funding the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime.

eu flags flutter in wind in brussells

Europe

As we campaign to halt the reckless burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and corporate wrongdoing, Europe’s businesses, banks and lawmakers form a crucial part of the puzzle.

yellow butterflies sit on forest floor in biodiverse tropical amazon forest, brazil

Latin America and the Caribbean

Home to the Amazon rainforest and the world’s most biodiverse savannah, Latin America and the Caribbean are integral hubs for thousands of plant and animal species – and the Indigenous Peoples striving to conserve them.

Global Witness projection in Bonn.

Middle East and North Africa

Half of the world’s known oil and gas reserves sit in the Middle East and North Africa, putting this region at the heart of one of today’s biggest existential struggles – the fight to keep fossil fuels in the ground.

Global Witness' billboard in New York Times Square to commemorate murdered land and environmental defenders, in New York City, US, on 19 September 2024

North America

Hurricanes are battering the US coastline. Megadroughts have parched the south-west. The Arctic circle is burning. Yet North America’s role as a global leader in climate action hangs in the balance.