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 ...

As the world’s leading owner of transition mineral production, China must shoulder the burden of keeping the energy transition green. But do its regulations of mining abroad (and the industry’s ESG ...

These land and environmental defenders – many of whom are Indigenous Peoples, Afrodescendant, farmers, community leaders, journalists, lawyers and Indigenous Peoples – are targeted for daring to ...

As nations pursue energy transitions, mining corporations and investors race to secure deposits for profit. Meanwhile, marginalised and underserved communities and defenders living close to mining ...

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 ...

The UK introduced the world’s first fully open register of the real owners of its companies in 2016, leading the world in the fight against corruption. While the register has the potential to make it ...

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 ...

I could tell you that, around the world, three people are killed every week while trying to protect their land, their environment, from extractive forces. I could tell you that this has been going on ...

The Philippines, which consists of over 7,600 islands in the Pacific Ocean, is one of the countries most at-risk from climate change. Many communities are already feeling the impacts of more severe ...