Investigations and advocacy for climate justice & civic freedoms
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Investigations and advocacy for climate justice & civic freedoms
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About us - Global Witness
We alert the world to ‘blood diamonds’ fuelling civil war in Angola and across Africa, thrusting the practices of the global diamond industry into the spotlight. The campaign leads to the establishment of the precedent-setting Kimberley Process diamond certification scheme and to Global Witness being co-nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.
Global Witness annual reports
Today our mission of protecting the planet’s vital resources remains as critical as ever, but our ambition has grown. Find out about our impacts from the past 12 months, how our work is evolving and our plans for the future.
Road to COP30 - Global Witness
In the run up to the 30th UN Climate Summit (COP30) in 2025, Global Witness is accelerating our work to put communities, land and environmental defenders and civil society at the heart of climate-decision making Read more
25 years of creating change | Global Witness
1994: GLOBAL WITNESS FOUNDED. Sourcing their first computer out of the trash, and relying on friends and family to pay for their international calls, our founders are the first to identify the link between natural resources, conflict and corruption and to systematically document and expose how this sustains poverty, fuels instability and destroys the environment.
Defending Tomorrow - Global Witness
Jul 29, 2020 · Key findings. Shockingly, over half of all reported killings last year occurred in two countries: Colombia and the Philippines. Both have seen a rise in attacks against land and environmental defenders since 2018, with killings in Colombia in 2019 peaking at 64 activists – the highest Global Witness has ever recorded in the country.
Annual Report 2019: Protecting People and Planet - Global …
$44 billion - the amount which 300+ banks and investors including household names pumped into six of the world’s most harmful agribusinesses, linked to devastating rainforest destruction.. $4.9 trillion - how much the oil and gas industry is set to spend over ten years on exploration and extraction of fossil fuels our planet can’t afford to burn.. …
United States - Global Witness
Global Witness has had an office in Washington, D.C. for over 15 years. We are campaigning for the US government to: - Curb corruption and conflicts of interest in political decision-making - Root out the influence of money in politics - Bring transparency and accountability to the US oil and gas industry at home and abroad - Put the public interest ahead of polluting industries
AI chatbots’ greenwash and bothsidesism about Big Oil | Global …
5 days ago · Generative AI tools are increasingly part of the way we search for information – from search engines providing “AI overviews” to powering chatbots in instant messenger services.. As many people have adopted using generative AI to find information, we wanted to see how reliable current AI chatbots are at providing users with accurate answers relating to climate change.