Long Read | February 02, 2023
Runaway Risk
Dutch companies will profit from a new Philippines airport project being built at a high cost to communities and the environment
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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Article Shell faces groundbreaking complaint for misleading US authorities and investors on its energy transition efforts
Despite claiming 12% of its overall expenditure goes to “Renewables and Energy Solutions”, we estimate that only 1.5% of Shell's spending actually goes towards solar and wind power generation
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Press release Historic profits for Shell whilst ordinary Brits suffer
Shell’s profits could give all UK public sector workers raises in line with inflation
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Long Read How Big Oil helped Russia
This is the two decade-long story of how the oil majors stuck with Putin, helping to fund the Russian government despite growing evidence of the regime’s violence, and how they enabled the development of climate-wrecking oil and gas projects despite knowing about the impact of fossil fuels
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Article What BP could do with its £580m wartime Russian oil profits
BP’s 2022 Russian oil profits so far equate to more than one-third of all budgetary assistance provided by the UK government to Ukraine
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Blog post Tackling global forest loss: What the US can do
This year could see the US move to finally prioritize action on global deforestation. Trade and financial flows must be at the top of the to-do list
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Blog post Out with the old and in with the new: What Brazil’s new president means for forests and environmental defenders
Newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sent a clear message about his commitment to increase environmental protections, fight deforestation and protect those who defend the environment![GettyImages-1241866351[27].png](https://cdn2.globalwitness.org/media/images/GettyImages-124186635127.2e16d0ba.fill-544x300.png)
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.
Latest Investigations
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Long Read | February 02, 2023 Runaway Risk
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Press Release | January 19, 2023 Facebook approves for publication ads with death threats and calls to violence following violent protests in Brazil
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Article | December 20, 2022 Violence, torture and threats continue, allege land and environmental defenders in Amazonian Brazil palm oil region
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Long Read | December 06, 2022 Toxic Takeaways
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Article | December 02, 2022 What BP could do with its £580m wartime Russian oil profits
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Article | December 01, 2022 “We’re going to kill you all”: Death threats against US election workers approved on Facebook
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Article | November 10, 2022 636 fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to COP27
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Article | November 09, 2022 Zero Progress? One year on from COP26, GFANZ investors remain heavily exposed to deforestation
Long Read | August 17, 2022
Annual report 2021: our case for change
2021 saw a redoubling of our efforts to work better in partnership with organisations, campaigning groups and activists from across the climate movement, but particularly across the Global South and most affected regions
Latest explainers
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Blog Post | October 27, 2022 Corporate greenwashing tactics to watch out for at COP27
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Blog Post | October 11, 2022 Everything you need to know about COP
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Blog Post | September 01, 2022 The problem with hydrogen
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Blog Post | August 24, 2022 Ukraine, Putin, gas and sanctions - FAQs
