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As the world's leading owner of transition mineral production, China must keep the energy transition green. Can it solve ...
The rising demand for transition minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel and copper has placed mineral-rich countries at the heart of geopolitical competition ...
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 money is there, it’s just in the wrong hands This isn’t a funding crisis. It’s a fairness crisis. For decades, fossil fuel companies have used their power to rig the system by lobbying against ...
The EU’s flagship law to save forests is set to come into effect at the end of 2025 – and new data from Global Witness shows just how much of a difference it will make. If introduced on time, the law ...
Ahead of Wednesday’s spending review, the chancellor faces tough choices on public spending, including whether to maintain funding for flood defences beyond 2026. Her decision won’t just affect flood ...
Global Witness has released a new undercover investigation featuring voices from those on the ground fighting damaging nickel mining in Indonesia's Raja Ampat archipelago in West Papua. The multimedia ...
The reported legal liabilities from complaints faced by meat giant JBS have more than tripled from US $1.8 billion as of June 2023 to $6.9 billion at the end of 2024, new findings from Global Witness ...
Attacks on land and environmental defenders in the Caribbean have often been overshadowed by the dangers faced by defenders in mainland Latin America, but protecting their rights is just as crucial ...
Fossil fuel companies have our future in a chokehold. They’ve captured our politicians’ ears, infiltrated climate summits and fuelled and funded war. We’re exposing how far fossil fuel companies will ...