Global Witness’s co-founders – Patrick Alley, Charmian Gooch and Simon Taylor – have come to the end of their term as members ...

Fossil fuel companies go to extraordinary lengths to exclude people who might criticise them from seeing their ads ...

A new report by Global Witness reveals how fossil fuel giants use targeting tools on X to exclude millions of users from ...

Voluntary standards can drive responsible mineral mining if mandatory regulation is limited or state enforcement is weak – so ...

More than 200 people have been killed in a landslide in one of Rubaya’s coltan mines in the country’s east, with rescue operations still ongoing days after the incident. The mines produce around 15% ...

How nickel is mined In Surigao del Sur, nickel is extracted using open-pit strip methods, a process that involves denuding the mountain and stripping away the topsoil and rock. Heavy machinery scoops ...

New analysis reveals more than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP30 climate talks in Belém, marking yet another year of overwhelming industry presence at crucial climate ...

Rather than heed climate protests and defender voices and act to protect the environment, states are manipulating laws to criminalise non-violent protest Just Stop Oil activists protest outside the ...

As COP30 looms, a new fund aims to channel climate finance into global markets to turn a profit. Global Witness A $125 billion fund will use profits from global markets to invest in forest protection.

When land grabbing banishes communities from their homes, the surrounding environment and biodiversity are left at the mercy of destructive industries Mining is emerging as a major risk factor for ...

Global breakdown: 2024 in numbers Global Witness documented 146 killings and long-term disappearances of land and environmental defenders in 2024. We know that many attacks go unreported, so this ...

Julia Francisco Martínez stands at the graveside of her husband Juan, a Honduran Indigenous defender who was found murdered in 2015. Giles Clarke / Global Witness Every year, Global Witness works with ...