Following Labour’s dramatic losses to Reform UK in last week’s local elections, and anti net-zero plans announced by the ...

Recommendations The government of Kenya should: Ensure that those responsible for the murder of Joannah Stutchbury are brought to justice. Recognise the rights of Indigenous peoples and local ...

China has long dominated the world's supply of heavy rare earths, minerals needed to build electric vehicles and wind turbines. Demand for these products is skyrocketing as we rush to meet climate ...

Cattle ranching is at the centre of this destruction. Analyses have shown that beef is the leading driver of tropical deforestation, accounting for an area of land the size of Sweden – four times ...

The situation in Nzibira is far from unique. In nearby Lubuhu, around 15 times as much cassiterite (tin ore) was tagged in the first quarter of 2021 as was produced in the two validated mines in the ...

TotalEnergies, however, has denied carrying out “any part of the land acquisition process in the presence of the police, the army, or privately retained security forces.” There were also alleged ...

Imagine that you’ve spent years studying glacial retreat in the Arctic. You believe you have a duty to share your findings that reveal how our world is changing with a wider public. But you remember ...

Maxland (PNG) Limited "rubber plantation", Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Ed Davey / Global Witness Purported rubber plantation on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island is a highly likely front for illegal ...

In 2022, a Global Witness investigation revealed a shocking reality at the heart of the green energy transition. Unregulated mines in Myanmar had become an essential source of heavy rare earth ...

The emissions from burning oil and gas produced by Shell, BP, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil and Chevron until 2050 could cause an estimated 11.5 million additional premature deaths due to heat before the ...

Facebook has admitted that it played a role in inciting violence during the genocidal campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar (Burma). Since 2017, nearly 900,000 people have been ...

JBS has a well-documented track record of its involvement in deforestation, human rights abuses, and land grabs against Indigenous peoples.Global Witness The world's largest meat company, JBS S.A., is ...