Global Witness and Both ENDS strongly condemn the reported of harassment and surveillance by the Armed Forces of the ...

Brazil knows the devastation climate change is causing better than most, yet its own state oil company's actions could stand ...

For the first time, the research calculates the cost of climate damages caused by emissions from EU imports of US liquified ...

The rising demand for transition minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel and copper has placed mineral-rich countries at the heart of geopolitical competition Ading Releno is a member of the ...

Climate disasters are getting worse, and we know exactly what’s driving them: burning fossil fuels. But somehow oil and gas companies are still raking in billions in profits while communities and ...

The fallout from Middle East tensions underscores the peril of fossil fuel dependence. So why are US lawmakers retreating from clean energy? Recent events in Israel and Iran show once again our ...

The mining industry has a long legacy of exploitation, human rights abuses and environmental destruction, with Global Witness’s own history rooted in exposing the blood diamond trade. This time, we’re ...

What have we learnt since Global Witness started reporting on the killings of land and environmental defenders ten years ago? At the international level there has been some progress made by ...

Global Witness recorded that 200 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2021 – nearly four people a week. These lethal attacks continue to take place in the context of a wider range of ...

These communities have been dealing with the fall out of destructive mining since the late 1970s. Illegal mining on Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon alone has increased by 1,271% over the last ...

We at Global Witness would like to honour the crucial, courageous and often invisible work that land and environmental defenders do every day around the world. It is because of their determination ...