Blog Post | April 15, 2021
Biden can’t claim climate leadership while shipping fossil fuels abroad
To show true climate leadership, Biden must act to ban fossil fuel exports and protect communities from associated environmental injustices.
Challenging abuses of power to protect human rights and secure the future of our planet
Investigations and advocacy to achieve climate justice and safeguard civic freedoms. Find out more about our work
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Blog post Do people really want personalised ads online?
Our new polling of social media users in Germany and France reveals people are uneasy about the way they are profiled and targeted with ads.
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Article Chevron faces unprecedented complaint over misleading consumers on climate action
In an unprecedented complaint to US regulators, Chevron stands accused of consistently misrepresenting its image to appear climate-friendly and racial justice-oriented, while its business operations overwhelmingly rely on climate-polluting fossil fuels.
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Briefing Preventing corporate corruption through EU legislation
As the European Union moves ahead with plans to create a new law to protect people and the planet from the harmful impacts of business activity globally, it must ensure that this includes strong measures to tackle corruption.
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Blog post Women defying the climate crisis: Hear their stories
Across the world, women are leading the fight against the climate crisis. On International Women’s Day, Global Witness stands in solidarity with their actions and shares their stories so we can all learn from their success.
About us
Our world is in crisis: climate breakdown, corporations too powerful to hold to account and democracies teetering on the brink.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Our goal is a more sustainable, just and equal planet. We want climate-critical forests and biodiversity to thrive and fossil fuels to stay in the ground. We want corporations to respect the planet and human rights, governments to protect and listen to their citizens, and the online world to be free from misinformation and hate.
Report | July 29, 2020
Defending Tomorrow
Our annual report into the killings of land and environmental defenders in 2019 shows the highest number yet have been murdered in a single year
Latest Investigations
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Report | March 15, 2021 Polluting the process
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Article | February 21, 2021 EU companies burn fossil gas and taxpayer cash
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Report | February 17, 2021 Discredited
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Article | February 17, 2021 New deal, old guard: is the EU ready to tackle the climate crisis?
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Report | December 10, 2020 Indonesia palm oil traders are failing land and environmental defenders
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Article | December 08, 2020 Presidential Profiteering
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Report | December 02, 2020 Beef, Banks and the Brazilian Amazon
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Blog Post | November 30, 2020 Facebook banned new political ads in the week before the US election. We took a closer look
Longform | May 18, 2020
Annual Report 2019: Protecting People and Planet
Find out how we exposed the truth and achieved systemic change in 2019, thanks to the generosity of those who share our vision - and what lies ahead for our campaigns.
